Business View Civil and Municipal | March 2021

194 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL MARCH 2021 development area with more than 700 homes planned. McNamara states, “We’re just finalizing all of that, so we are on the cusp of some pretty major development in the community.” Tecumseh is also making major investments in green initiatives and just completed their storm drainage master plan in 2019. Major improvements have been identified, and the town anticipates spending more than $110 million in the next 15 to 20 years to improve stormwater infrastructure. 2021 will see the start of these projects with a $27 million investment to replace aging pump stations and adjacent stormwater conveyance, with $10.7 million coming from Canada’s Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund. In 2020, Tecumseh declared a climate emergency. Since 2011 more than $50 million has been spent on improving infrastructure for flood management giving the town more capacity to deal with flooding. This included investing significantly in the purchase of a closed golf course which was Let’s keep moving the region forward together. uwindsor.ca