The City of Timmins, Environmental Services Department wishes to advise the public of a water main valve replacement, which will cause a temporary water service disruption, in the following area:

Area:
• On Belanger Ave. between Rea St. South & Preston St.

Date & Time of Disruption:
• May 15, 2024 – 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Homeowners and/or businesses within the area might experience water service disruptions which can include but not limited to no water, low pressure and/or discoloured water. It is recommended not to drink or wash laundry with discoloured water. While it is not harmful to your health, it can stain laundry. Should the water be discoloured, it is advised to turn on the COLD water tap closest to the source (usually your laundry tub tap) and let it run for approximately 15-20 minutes or until the water colour has returned to normal.

Road closure within this area might last longer than the estimated date and time of disruption once the repair is made.

City staff would like to thank residents for their patience and cooperation during this work.

The following municipal services will be closed or unavailable over the Victoria Day Long Weekend (May 18-20):

• Service Timmins and the Provincial Offences Centre will be closed on Victoria Day (Monday, May 20)
• Residential waste and recycling collection that falls on Victoria Day will be collected on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. 
• Deloro Landfill will be closed on Victoria Day
• There will be no Timmins Transit services on Victoria Day
• The Timmins Museum: NEC will be closed on Victoria Day
• Both branches of the Timmins Public Library will be closed on Victoria Day
• The Archie Dillon Sportsplex Pool will be closed on Victoria Day

For more information about municipal services visit www.timmins.ca or call Service Timmins at 705-264-1331.

The City of Timmins, Environmental Services Department wishes to advise the Public of hydrant flushing/watermain cleaning activities in the following areas.

• Area:

Flushing fire hydrants in the Lonergan Blvd. area

• Time of Disruption:

May 14, 2024, at 8:00am-8:00pm

Homeowners and businesses may experience short-term loss in water pressure or experience brown or rust-coloured water following the testing. It is recommended not to drink or wash laundry with the discoloured water. While it is not harmful to your health, it can stain laundry. Should this occur, it is advised to turn off your tap for 10-20 minutes in order to allow the crew to complete the test. Once the test is complete and the work crew has left the area, turn on the COLD water tap closest to the source (usually your laundry tub tap) and let it run for approximately 15-20 minutes or until the water colour has returned to normal.

City staff would like to thank residents for their patience and cooperation during this necessary process.

The City of Timmins Environmental Services department wishes to advise the Public of hydrant flushing/watermain cleaning activities in the following areas.

Area 1:

 City crews will be flushing fire hydrants in Timmins South Area starting at Mattagami Blvd. South & Algonquin Blvd. West heading East to Mountjoy St. South.

• Area 2:

City crews will be flushing fire hydrants in Timmins South Area starting at Moneta Ave. heading East into Schumacher and will be flushing all hydrants in Schumacher Area.

• Time of Disruption: May 13, 2024 until June 13, 2024

Homeowners and businesses may experience short-term loss in water pressure or experience brown or rust-coloured water following the testing. It is recommended not to drink or wash laundry with the discoloured water. While it is not harmful to your health, it can stain laundry. Should this occur, it is advised to turn off your tap for 10-20 minutes in order to allow the crew to complete the test. Once the test is complete and the work crew has left the area, turn on the COLD water tap closest to the source (usually your laundry tub tap) and let it run for approximately 15-20 minutes or until the water colour has returned to normal.

City staff would like to thank residents for their patience and cooperation during this necessary process, and advise that if there are any questions, concerns or requests for additional information, they may contact the Service Timmins at 705-264-1331. After-hours emergencies should be directed to 705-264-1201.

Street Sweeping Operations Week of May 11 to May 17, 2024

Night Time Street Sweeping 9:00 pm to 7:00 am

From May 12 to May 16, 2024, the Public Works Department wishes to inform the public that crews will be doing night time street sweeping in the areas listed below.

Sunday May 12 Starting 9:00 pm:

Connecting Link: Riverside (School Rd to Shirley)

Monday May 13 Starting 9:00 pm:

Connecting Link: Riverside (Shirley to Canadian Tire lights)

Tuesday May14 Starting 9:00 pm:

Timmins North: Pine N, Jubilee

Timmins North: Toke, Ross

Wednesday May 15 Starting 9:00 pm:

Timmins North: Maclean, Theriault, College

Timmins North: Victoria, Denise Street

Daytime Street Sweeping 7:30 am to 4:00 pm

From May 13 to May 17, 2024, the Public Works Department wishes to inform the public that crews will be doing street sweeping in the areas listed below.

Monday May 13 Starting 7:30 am:

Timmins West: Gatineau, Christine, Chantal, Philip, Marcel

Timmins North: Hemlock (Ross to Roche), Roche, Tamarack (Ross to dead end), Spruce (Ross to Brousseau), Spruce (Hendry to dead end), Mont Sacre Coeur

Tuesday May 14 Starting 7:30 am:

Timmins North: Balsam (Sixth to dead end), Birch (Sixth to Ninth), Maple (Sixth to Ninth), Elm (Sixth to Ninth)

Timmins North: Pine (Ross to dead end), Hendry, Cedar (Jubilee to Hendry), Balsam (Jubilee to Brousseau), Birch (Jubilee to Brousseau), Maple (Jubilee to Brousseau)

Wednesday May 15 Starting 7:30 am:

Timmins North: Borden, Laurier, Floral, Crescent, Lincoln

Timmins North: Brousseau/Hamelin, Lavigne, Conrad

Thursday May 16 Starting 7:30 am:

Timmins North: Carlin, Polaris, Quartz, George, Jade (Waterloo to MacLean), Jade (Rea to Melrose)

Schumacher: Vipond, Father Costello

Friday May 17 Starting 7:30 am:

Timmins North: Cameron (Theriault to dead end), Belleview, Hillside, O’Neil, Pearl, Mcleod, Powerline

Schumacher: Les Hall, Hollinger Lane, Dwyer, Grant

Note on the Plan:

Sweeping Operations will take several weeks to complete. There is a lot of sand to pick up every year, so we ask residents to remain patient. Weather conditions and mechanical issues play a major role in how quickly Public Works can complete the sweeping operations. Heavy rain and subzero temperatures will halt operations.

Posted No Parking Signs Advising Spring Maintenance:

Public Works would like to remind residents that yellow No Parking Signs will be posted to notify that Spring Maintenance will be taking place for daytime operations. Vehicles not complying with these No Parking signs will be ticketed and towed to allow for Street Sweeping Crew to advance.

Priority Sequence for Street Sweeping Operations:

Day Operation:

Street Sweeping is never done in the area where Sanitation is taken place.

High density residential areas (Older Section of City: one-ways, narrow streets);

Low density residential areas

Night Operation:

Highway sections; High density commercial sections;

Main Arterial Routes.

Safety:

A reminder to respect safety signage as the safety of workers is very important.

We thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

Public Works

Effective Thursday, May 09, 2024 at 6:00 p.m., the traffic lights on Pine St. S. at Second Ave. and Third Ave. will remain 4-way flashing red stops. This applies to the traffic lights on Cedar St. S. at Second Ave. and Third Ave. as well. 

The change means that motorists should be prepared to stop. The first vehicle to enter has the right-of-way at a four-way stop. If two or more cars stop at the same time, right-of-way goes to the vehicle on the right.

The changes are designed to improve traffic flow in downtown Timmins around the busy Second Ave. Connecting Link detour. We appreciate your cooperation.

Learn more at: www.timmins.ca/connecting_link

Timmins, ON - City of Timmins Public Works is declaring changes to the street sweeping schedule for the week of May 4, 2024.

Areas being affected and re-scheduled this week are:

Park Street, Acres, Father Costello, Grant, Les Hall, McIntyre, Battochio, Hollinger Lane, Dwyer, Vipond

We are disrupting street sweeping operations to supply additional resources to repair potholes as required to comply with the Minimum Maintenance Standards (“MMS”) Ontario Regulation 239/02.

We are asking residents to use caution while driving in the areas where pothole crews are performing repairs.

The areas that were scheduled for street sweeping and are cancelled this week will be re-scheduled for next week.

We thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING RE: PROPOSED COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AREA and DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS

TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the City of Timmins will hold a public meeting on Thursday, May 30, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City of Timmins, 220 Algonquin Boulevard East, Timmins, Ontario, to gather public input concerning an amendment to the City of Timmins Community Improvement Project Area and the Downtown Community Improvement Plan in accordance with Section 28 of the Planning Act, R.S.O 1990, c. P. 13, as amended.

THE PURPOSE of the proposed amendments to the Community Improvement Project Area and the Downtown Community Improvement Plan as follows:

1.  To amend the Community Improvement Project Area to include the following changes:

• Porcupine – extending westerly along King Street from the Ontario Northland Railway to Coott Lane, and along a section of Highway 101 East to Crawford Street;
• South Porcupine – extending along Harold Avenue from Crawford Street westerly;
• Schumacher – extending easterly from McIntyre Road along Father Costello Drive;
• Timmins – adding various properties in the Downtown and in close proximity to Algonquin Boulevard; and
• Mountjoy – extending westerly from the Mattagami Bridge to Shirley Street.

2. To amend the Downtown Community Improvement Plan to include the following changes:

• To amend the Community Improvement Project Area noted in the Downtown CIP to include the proposed changed in Item No. 1.
• To remove the boundary area schedules from the Downtown CIP, as they are approved in the Community Improvement Project Area By-law and are separate from the Downtown Community Improvement Plan by-law. This change will allow Council to amend the Community Improvement Project Area By-law without also having to amend the Downtown Community Improvement Plan By-law.

The learn more about the proposed changes, please view the proposed Community Improvement Project Area and the proposed Downtown Community Improvement Plan.

ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed City of Timmins Downtown Community Improvement Plan Amendment.
If a person or public body would otherwise have an ability to appeal the decision of Council of the City of Timmins to the Ontario Land Tribunal but the person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting or make written submissions to the City of Timmins before the proposed amendment is adopted, the person or public body is not entitled to appeal the decision.

If a person or public body does not make oral submissions at a public meeting, or make written submissions to the City of Timmins before the proposed amendment is adopted, the person or public body may not be added as a party to the hearing of an appeal before the Ontario Land Tribunal unless, in the opinion of the Tribunal, there are reasonable grounds to do so.

If you wish to be notified of the decision of the City of Timmins on the proposed Community Improvement Project Area and the Downtown Community Improvement Plan Amendments you must make a written request to Steph Palmateer, City Clerk, City of Timmins, 220 Algonquin Boulevard East, Timmins, Ontario, P4N 1B3.

For more information about this matter, including information about appeal rights, contact the Planning Division, City of Timmins, 220 Algonquin Boulevard East, Timmins, Ontario, P4N 1B3, telephone number 705-360-2624 or via email.

Dated at the City of Timmins this 7th of May, 2024.

Rehabilitation work on the Mattagami River Bridge and Porcupine River Bridge begins May 06, 2024 with mobilization and installation of signs for both bridges and traffic control set up.

Asphalt removal is scheduled for Thursday, May 09 and Friday, May 10, 2024.

Work on both bridges is being carried out at the same time to expedite the work schedule. Motorists should be prepared to slow and merge. Both bridges will have lanes reduced to one way in each direction. 

Learn more at: www.timmins.ca/connecting_link

The Main Library Branch of the Timmins Public Library will be OPEN, but under renovation May 9 to 31, 2024

What: Carpet/Flooring is being replaced in the entire library

How will services be affected?

• The Library is expected to remain OPEN with regular hours (unless major issues arise)
• Browsing of collections may be limited – stock up ahead of time
• Programs at the Main Library will STOP
• Meeting rooms and study rooms will be unavailable
• Items will be inaccessible at times when they are being moved/temporarily stored
• Tables and seating areas will be limited as we move furniture and collections around
• Limited number of computers available
• Faxing, printing and photocopying services may be disrupted on some days
• Areas may be closed off/inaccessible at times
• Book drop may be closed for a few days – return items at the circulation desk
• Interlibrary loan service may be delayed
• Number of parking spaces in the lot will be reduced

Services available to help you through the renovation:

• Ask your librarian for help to request/retrieve items for you
• Place holds on the items you’d like transferred from the C.M. Shields Branch
• Holds can continue to be placed and picked up – we will advise if a delay is expected
• Extended hours will be offered at the C.M. Shields Branch starting on May 13
  
  • Monday-Thursday 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
    Friday-Saturday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Items from the C.M. Shields Branch will be transferred to the Main Library daily, as requested by patrons
• Programming will be available at the C.M. Shields Branch
• Electronic resources are always available, 24/7
  
  

THANK YOU for your patience during this time of renovation.