During last night’s Council meeting, Town Council received staff’s report on the first quarter development, building and by-law statistics. Over the past several years the Town has seen record growth but nothing compared to the first quarter of 2019 with…
Canadian and American Mayors Call for Urgent Action against Asian Carp Signing of the “Mayors’ Declaration to Stop Asian Carp”
As part of the 16th Annual Conference of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Cities Initiative, held June 5-7 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, US and Canadian Mayors joined together in making an urgent call for action against Asian Carp. Mayors…
New Bay Beach Unveiling
The Town of Fort Erie is anxiously awaiting the grand reopening of the new Bay Beach with celebrations beginning at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 26, 2019. The $3.1 million project is a culmination of funding from many project partners…
Fort Erie to receive $231,000 from CNP’s Save on Energy Incentive Program
It has been almost a year since the Town of Fort Erie completed the upgrading of 3,200 streetlights to LED streetlights and the change is already starting to pay off. In order to offset the upfront capital costs of this…
Canada 150 Fort Erie Community Cultural Mosaic Posters
We were fortunate to have received several card stock copies of the Canada 150 Fort Erie Community Cultural Mosaic and have randomly selected winners for three framed posters and have also drawn for 20 copies of the cardstock posters. The…
Fort Erie Identifies 168 New Bus Stops
Over the next couple months, the Town will be implementing Phase III of its Transit Route, Bus Stop and Facility Improvements Plan. Phase III includes the design and installation of 168 new bus stops on three new routes around Fort…
Town Hires Fire Chief
After a search that produced applicants from across Canada, the Town of Fort Erie has selected one of its own to be the new Fire Chief. Ed Melanson will take over as head of Fort Erie Fire and Emergency Services…
Waterfront Strategy- What we Heard- Feedback on workshop Number # 3.
The results of the third Waterfront workshop can be found a the link below. What we Heard- Feedback on workshop Number # 3. For more information about the Waterfront Strategy, please visit the Town’s Waterfront Strategy webpage or contact Dave…
Fort Erie Town Council begins 2017 Budget process with Capital Budget
Media Release (Nov. 17, 2016) At the Council-in-Budget Committee meeting last evening, Town of Fort Erie Council discussed the state of Fort Erie’s infrastructure and deliberated on the proposed capital works for 2017 and the 2018-2027 forecast. The proposed 2017…
Bay Beach Parking Lot Zoning Meeting
Town is proposing to change the zoning for the northeast Bay Beach parking lot on Erie Road to permit apartments and townhouses in addition to the permitted commercial uses. Changes are also proposed to the setbacks, density, coverage and landscaping.…