ERIN – The Town of Erin is looking for the province to help with the cost of booking existing residents and businesses as the town gets to the early stages of creating a sewer connection bylaw.
A news release from Erin said there will be a capital request in the 2025 budget to help fund the development of the sanitary sewer connection bylaw which would “require significant public consultation to help guide technical and financial planning.”
The bylaw would govern the process of connecting homes and businesses to the wastewater system. The town’s wastewater plant, called the water resource recovery facility, is slated to be finished by June 2025, the release said.
It explained through the planning process staff will establish a conceptual design, map the area feasible for hook-up, gather information on the condition of septic tanks and explore the feasibility of an optional hook-up.
The release also said town staff have met with representatives from the Ministry of Infrastructure to advocate for financial support to help hook up existing residents and businesses and have applied to the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund.
An interim sewer rate is also being established for new residents, with those fees going towards offsetting the developer’s cost of trucking sewage from holding tanks to the Orangeville wastewater treatment plant, according to the release.
It said the Hillsburgh watermain and gravity sewer portion of the project has been completed and micro tunnelling in Erin village and sewer lines along Dundas Street East are set to be finished by the end of 2024.
The total project cost is expected to total $200 million which the release said is funded by the development community.
