Operational Highlights: Service Improvements & Continuations

Late 2022 saw Owen Sound get hit with two severe winter storms; one midNovember, and one in late December.

Owen Sound has a unique topography, which makes it a beautiful place to live and play, but with approximately 282 lane kilometres of streets and 105 kilometres of sidewalks, winter weather can also cause havoc when it comes to winter control operations.

Although the winter storms at the end of 2022 provided a “one-two-punch” and caused significant road closures throughout Grey County, the Owen Sound winter maintenance team did not have to close any roads while operating a cost-effective “lean” winter fleet across three shifts that work 24/7.

330.4 cm amount of average snowfall in Owen Sound; the most in Ontario

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Two new sewage pumping stations were installed in 2022 (the Sydenham Crescent Pumping Station and the forcemain on East Bayshore Road).

2022 was the first calendar year where there were ZERO wet-weather related sewage bypass events!

The Bell Fibre to the Home project represents a huge investment in their fibre infrastructure within the City of Owen Sound. In order to facilitate this work, the City Water and Wastewater staff have been processing locate requests at approximately 400% of the normal yearly rate.

Additionally, as this work has been done, City staff have incorporated the water and wastewater infrastructure service locations into the Cty’s Geographical Information System. This will greatly assist future operations.

The map pictured to the right shows the progress status as of the end of 2022.