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The County of Lennox & Addington and its four Lower Tier Municipalities (The Town of Greater Napanee, Loyalist Township, The Township of Stone Mills and The Township of Addington Highlands) have engaged the services of Wagar & Corput Weed Control Inc. for the application of herbicide to control vegetation at all guiderail locations, and control noxious weeds along the municipally owned right of ways. This pesticide use falls under Public Works Exception of the Cosmetics Pesticides Ban for the promotion of public health and safety.

The following rural roadsides to be sprayed are:

County of Lennox and Addington:

County Road 24/Coronation Boulevard, County Road 1 East, County Road 1 West, County Road 11, County Road 12, County Road 13, County Road 14, County Road 15, County Road16, County Road 17, County Road 18, County Road 19, County Road 2, County Road 20, County Road 21, County Road 22, County Road 25, County Road 27, County Road 3, County Road 4, County Road 4 West, County Road 41, County Road 5/Palace Road, County Road 6, County Road 7/Church Street, County Road 8, County Road 9/River Road, County Road 10/Deseronto Road, County Road 26/Jim Snow Drive, County Road 28/Millhaven Road, County Road 23/Taylor-Kidd Boulevard

Loyalist:

Absalom Road, Big Creek Road, Brandon Road, Caton Road, Chatterson Road, Chipmunk Ridge Road, Clark Road, Doyle Road, Empey Road, Fairbanks Street, Fisk Road, Florida Road, Fralick Road, Fred Brown Road, Gift Road, Golf Course Road, Ham Road, Hegadorn Road, Howes Road, Irish Road, Love Road, Lucas Road, Maple Road, McConnell Road, Mcintyre Road, Newburgh Road, Old Wilton Road, Peters Road, Rees Road, Rose Road, Scotland Road, Shane Street, Sharpe Road, Simmons Road, Switzerville Road, Thorpe Road, Vent Road, Violet Road, Wilson Road, Wing Road, Withers Road

The contractor will use the following pesticide:

For Roadside Spraying

Clearview Herbicide, active ingredients Aminopyralid, present as potassium salt, Metsulfuron-methyl, (Reg. #29752, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada))

Gateway Adjuvant, active ingredients Paraffinic Oil, Alkoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactants emulsifiable concentrate, (Reg. #31470, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada))

For Guiderail Spraying

Clearview Herbicide, active ingredients Aminopyralid, present as potassium salt, Metsulfuron-methyl, (Reg. #29752, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada))

Gateway Adjuvant, active ingredients Paraffinic Oil, Alkoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactants emulsifiable concentrate, (Reg. #31470, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada))

Nufarm Credit Xtreme, active ingredients Glyphosate, present as isopropylamine and potassium salt, (Reg. #29888, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada))

Arsenal Powerline Herbicide active ingredients Imazapyr, present as the isopropylamine salt, (Reg. #30203, under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada))

When will spraying take place?

Commencing on May 24, 2022 (weather permitting) to June 24, 2022.

The following areas will NOT be sprayed:

  • Roadside areas mowed and maintained as a lawn by property owners.
  • Minimum 10 metre buffer from surface water and freshwater habitat.
  • Locations requested not to be sprayed by adjacent landowners.

If landowners do not want the road allowance in front of their property to be sprayed they must register their request and post "NO SPRAYING" signs at the start and finish of their property. Registration forms are available at the County of Lennox & Addington offices and will require the landowner to enter into an agreement to manage all noxious weeds on the subject frontage.

For further information contact (collect calls will be accepted):

Wagar & Corput Weed Control Inc. 613-938-2117 or The County of Lennox & Addington 613-354-4883

Further Information regarding weed control is available on the County website.