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Bath Centennial Park Beach Closed Due to Water Quality

The Bath Centennial Beach has been deemed unsafe for swimming and has been closed temporarily. Signs warning against swimming have been posted.

KFL&A Public Health monitors the water quality at municipally owned and operated public bathing beaches within our area. Monitoring occurs for 12 weeks, between early June and Labour Day and involves testing the water for bacteria as well as conducting a visual inspection of the beach.

Beach testing and monitoring is conducted in accordance with the 

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Construction Notice - Milling and Paving in Amherstview

Green Infrastructure Partners Limited (GIP) has been contracted by Loyalist Township to complete milling and paving on various streets within Amherstview. The streets impacted by this work are listed below. The work is scheduled to commence May 27th and be completed by the fall of 2024. However, weather, and other unexpected delays may extend this timeline.

The scope of work includes curb repairs to fix drainage issues, structure adjustments of both manholes and catch...

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MNRF Rabies Control Operations

In 2024, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) will once again be conducting Oral Rabies Vaccine (ORV) bait distribution and trap-vaccinate-release (TVR) programs in Ontario to control rabies in terrestrial wildlife. Baiting and TVR operations will begin June 17 and continue until the end of October.
Rabies vaccine bait distribution will be conducted in rural areas with MNRF aircraft and by hand in urban areas by MNRF wildlife technicians.  

MNRF may conduct localized rapid response...

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Construction Notice - Pavement Preservation

Miller Paving Limited was contracted by Loyalist Township in 2023 to complete Crack Sealing and apply Micro-Surfacing on various streets within Amherstview and Bath. Unfortunately due to weather Miller Paving was not able to complete some the work and will be returning the week of May 27th with a completion date of July 2024. The streets impacted by this work are listed below. However, weather and other unexpected delays may extend this timeline.

The scope of work will...

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Bag Tag Price Increase Effective July 1

As of July 1, 2024, the cost of garbage bag tags in Loyalist Township will be increasing by $0.50 per tag to $3.00. The price increase was approved as part of the 2024 municipal budget to help offset increased expenditures related to operating this partial user-pay program.

The municipality last updated the bag tag fee in 2015. 

Residents can purchase the new green bag tags online and at vendor outlets throughout the Township. 

Residents can continue using their current orange tags up until July 1 at which point they...

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