News and Notices

Cankerworm update, with information from the NPCA

Town of Pelham staff have assessed the Town-owned trees in Hillcrest Park through multiple site visits. At this time there is no action being taken, as staff are expecting the trees to recover - reaffirmed by the information provided by NPCA Forester Dan Drennan, R.P.F.

In following these recommendations, staff may consider options for future preventive treatment, in consultation with the NPCA.

Regarding cankerworms on private trees, the Town is not currently planning pest-management efforts on private...

Community Co-Design Planned for Pelham Arena Site

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 15, 2017

Pelham, ON – Pelham residents are being encouraged to reimagine the Pelham Arena site on Haist Street, and to share their ideas at the upcoming community co-design workshops on June 26 & 27, 2017.

With construction of the new community centre, and its taking over of the main arena facilities, the Haist Street arena will be decommissioned; the structural integrity of the building will not permit it to be repurposed.

As a result, the future uses of the arena...

Envisioning Fenwick: East Fenwick Secondary Plan Study - Visioning Workshop

Join the Visioning Workshop session with Town staff and consultants to learn about the study and to provide input on the framework of community design ideas that will shape future development.
 
The Visioning Workshop session introduces the study’s objectives, the consultant team’s initial area analysis, and important community design and sustainability principles guiding the development of complete, healthy communities.

For more information please contact Ute Maya-Giambattista, Planner and Urban...

Temporary Road Closure: Road Rehabilitation - Regional Road 20 (Highway 20)

TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURE

(Sunday, June 18 – Tuesday June 20, 2017)

Motorists and the general public are hereby advised that Regional Road 20 (Highway 20) will be temporarily closed to through traffic on a block-by-block basis from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., weather permitting.

The road closure is necessary to rehabilitate the existing road surface on Regional Road 20 (Highway 20) from Centre Street to Timmsdale Crescent.

In addition, the following night work is planned:
Pavement Marking – June 21 and June 22 from...

Unanimous Support for Inter-municipal Transit

 

Media Release

June 8, 2017

Unanimous Support for Inter-municipal Transit

​Niagara's local area municipalities have unanimously supported a Regional bylaw that grants the Region authority to establish, operate and maintain an inter-municipal transit system.

This means Niagara Region can continue alongside St. Catharines, Niagara Falls and Welland in creating a single, consolidated transit system for Niagara. It also means Niagara Region Transit can begin to transition from a pilot program...