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Posted Thursday, 22 May, 2025

As of Friday, May 23, Canada Post may be on strike. This will impact mail delivery to and from the Region of Waterloo. Please read for more information on how this will affect Regional programs and services. 
Ontario Works Clients:  
Throughout the strike, client cheques and Reloadable Payment Cards will not be distributed in the mail. Caseworkers will work directly with clients on instructions for pick-up locations and times. Clients who usually...

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Posted Tuesday, 20 May, 2025

Project update As part of the Fountain Street and Maple Grove Road project, we will be completing surface asphalt paving and permanent line painting on the roundabout over the weekend. This work requires a full closure of the intersection.
Timing — May 24–25 This intersection will be fully closed starting at 2 a.m. on Saturday, May 24 until 6 a.m. on Monday, May 26.
In the event of inclement weather, the proposed schedule will be pushed to the following...

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Posted Tuesday, 20 May, 2025

May 18 to May 24, 2005, is National Public Works Week (NPWW); an extra opportunity for us to recognize our employees in Engineering and Environmental Services, and Transportation Services, who deliver essential services to our community every day.
Did you know that our Public Works teams:
Collected over 141,000 metric tonnes of curbside waste.
Care for over 37,000 trees.
Maintain over 1,660 intersections with 540 traffic signals plus stop signs.
Ensure...

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Posted Wednesday, 14 May, 2025

IN THE MATTER OF an application by THE REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO for approval to expropriate land, which is required for improvements to Lancaster Street West (Regional Road 29) between Bridgeport Road East and Elizabeth Street, in the City of Kitchener, in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the land described as follows: Fee Simple Partial Taking: 1. Part of Lot 25, Plan 789, being Part...
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Posted Monday, 12 May, 2025

Please be advised of the application of larvicide to the following locations for the control of West Nile Virus Vectors:
Catch basins
Sewage lagoons
Ditches and standing water
Between June 1, 2025 and August 31, 2025, municipalities within the Region of Waterloo will be conducting a larviciding program under the authority of the Region of Waterloo Medical Officer of Health to prevent the development of mosquito larvae into vectors of West Nile Virus. Altosid...

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