$1M for City Shoreline Protection & Flood Control

The Essex Region Conservation Authority (ERCA) has obtained $1 million dollars to assist the City of Windsor in major shoreline protection and flood control works.

ERCA previously commissioned engineering studies for shoreline protection and related improvements for the Windsor Central Riverfront Parks. These studies have identified the highest priority works at sections of the shoreline in the area east of Centennial Park and west of the Caron Avenue Pumping Station. ERCA has obtained funding in the amount of $850,000 to complement the $1million set aside by the City of Windsor to move forward in this important protection project. This project will provide shoreline protection and related enhancements for a one half kilometer of waterfront.

In east Windsor, over the summer months, ERCA has commissioned Flood Control Works associated with the Little River Dykes. The works authorized to date are nearing completion, and ongoing engineering assessments have identified the need for additional works to conduct major repairs to and replacement of several drainage inlet structures, as well as to remove brush from the flood control channel.

These works are necessary to maintain the function and integrity of this major dyking system and to provide for the continued operation of existing drainage system for adjoining lands. This project is expected to cost $300,000, and ERCA has secured 50% of the funding on this basis.

"These partnership projects are important examples of the benefits that can be realized by working together," said Tom Wilson, Windsor City Councillor and ERCA Chair.