Christie Street Lake Access

NOTICE TO RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS

PROJECT NAME: Christie Street Lake Access

PROJECT NO: P24-131

Please be advised that a contract for the above noted project has been awarded. The successful contractor, Rankin Construction, is tentatively scheduled to mobilize to the site on Aug. 7, 2025. The construction should take approximately 1.5 months to complete with final restoration, weather permitting.

The proposed construction project includes: installation of pedestrian access to Lake Ontario at the termination of Christie Street, including a concrete pathway, steel stairs, concrete stairs, bench & bike rake, and site restoration.

Every effort will be made to maintain access to abutting properties and to minimize inconvenience to businesses, residents, and pedestrians. A construction inspector will be present on site during construction and can be contacted for information.

In order to protect construction workers and the public and to complete the work safely and in a timely manner, temporary detours and road closures may be required during certain construction operations. These detours and closures will be minimized as much as possible and, although the contractor will provide traffic control personnel, traffic will be unavoidably congested at times. The contractor will co-ordinate to ensure Emergency Services has access to properties throughout construction. Please contact us if you have specific accessibility requirements or concerns.

Although the contractor is required to provide safe pedestrian access, care should be exercised when walking near the construction zone.

The Contractor has been asked to allow for parking as much as practical during the construction. Due to the scope of the work involved, on-street parking will be restricted during various stages of construction. Residents are requested to please park in their driveways, where possible, or find alternative parking on adjacent streets when required during construction.

Pre-construction

Inspections

Prior to construction commencing, during the week of Aug. 4, 2025, representatives from Oza Inspections Ltd will be contacting you to arrange for an inspection of the interior and exterior of your building. The purpose of this inspection is to determine and document the extent of any cracking or other damage that exists prior to the commencement of construction. This information can then be used to determine the extent of the Contractor's responsibility in the unlikely event that damages to your building occur during construction. The representatives will have identification with them.

Garbage and Recycling Collection during Construction

As a result of the proposed construction on your street, it may at times be difficult for the garbage and recycling vehicles to collect your waste. Therefore, until the construction work is completed to a point where the vehicles may travel safely in your area at their normal collection time, we are requesting that the garbage and recycling be placed out for collection by 6:30 a.m. or alternatively the evening before your scheduled day.

The garbage and recycling trucks will be dispatched regularly, however, if there is no access to pick-up the waste in front of your property due to construction, the construction crews may relocate the garbage to a more convenient area for pickup before starting work each morning. Thank you for your cooperation in this regard.

Restoration

We will be installing new sod eventually in some locations and would ask for your cooperation in keeping this sod watered. Damage to boulevards and/or driveway aprons due to construction will be restored once the project is complete. If your boulevard or driveway is damaged during construction and is not restored, please contact us.

Project Contacts during Construction

We look forward to working with you and having our Contractor complete this project in a professional and timely manner. If you have any questions, or require further information, please contact the inspector on site or one of the Project Team members identified below.

Jocelyn St Denis
Project Manager
City of St. Catharines
50 Church Street P.O. Box 3012
St. Catharines, ON L2R 7C2
Tel.: (905) 688-5601 ext. 905-680-7074
Email: jstdenis@stcatharines.ca

The City of St. Catharines recognizes that construction is an inconvenience to residents and business owners. Every effort will be made to minimize any inconvenience to local residents and to carry out the work with as few interruptions to services as possible.

We thank-you for your patience. Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated.

Engineering, Facilities and Environmental Services

Aug. 5, 2025