Civil Municipal - June 2024

ADDRESSING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS Drynan emphasizes the township’s efforts to support areas on well and septic systems, relaying that Elizabethtown-Kitley has some capacity through the city of Brockville, and is looking at plans to expand water and sewer services. As for connectivity she conveys, “We are open to those that will come into our community to install fiber optic cable within our road allowances, which has been increasing over the years for the better. We still seriously suffer from poor cell service in a lot of our areas. And I know all three levels of government are focusing on trying to achieve better cell service.” Mayor Burrowhighlights the Eastern Ontario Regional Network’s (EORN) project to enhance cell coverage by 2025, which will see new towers erected in the region.“They’re supposed to have 90% coverage, and I think they’re fairly well on pace to have their target 48 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 05, ISSUE 06