Project Update October 25th 2024

Hello residents of Poplar Crescent

The full closure of Henderson Drive has begun and the sewers that were installed under Poplar Crescent are now being connected to the sewers under Henderson Drive. We anticipate that the last day of the closure will be November 1st.

The homes on the north/south leg of Poplar Crescent have all been fully connected to the new sewers. Congestion will reduce significantly in the highlighted area. We really appreciate everyone's cooperation and patience.

The work to fully connect the homes on the east/west leg will commence next week. Houses 76 to 70 are all connected to 1 large water service, 1 large sanitary service and 1 large storm water service. Replacing these services is much faster than replacing multiple services for each home.

On Monday, October 28th work will begin at intersection #5. All of the homes in the cul-de-sac connect to a single storm, sanitary and water service. Again, a single connection makes things much faster. However there will be a lot of congestion at the intersection of the cul-de-sac and Poplar Crescent. Those who live in houses 2 - 32 are being asked to please park in the LCBO plaza if possible. Access to the cul-de-sac will not be fully blocked but there will be congestion.

Once this work is done the crew will move to install the same services at the next cul-de-sac which is intersection #4 on the map.

By the first week of November the only underground work that will remain is the new watermain on the east/west leg. This work is expected to take about 1 week to finish.

Once this work is done new street lights will be installed and then the road building will begin. By mid December we anticipate that all of the new sidewalk and curbs will be installed and the base asphalt will be paved.

We will come back in 2025 to fix any areas that settle in the road and then we will pave the final top course of asphalt.

We appreciate everyone's patience. Your cooperation has allowed the contractor to work as quickly as possible. We apologize for all of the water shutoffs that have occurred without notice. The watermain is very old and brittle and it has been bursting in random locations.

I am very confident that everyone will be pleased when they come home everyday to a brand new neighborhood with new grass, sidewalks and asphalt.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend.

Thank you