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Share your thoughts about additional sanitary sewage capacity for Cannington and Sunderland

The Regional Municipality of Durham is holding a virtual Public Information Centre (PIC) until March 31 to provide an update on the Class Environmental Assessment (EA) and get resident input on additional sanitary sewage capacity for the communities of Cannington and Sunderland in the Township of Brock.

The PIC consists of two pre-recorded presentations for each community—Cannington and Sunderland. The presentations include:

• Information about the project.
• Results of the activities completed to...

Durham Region unveils new public art at Regional Headquarters

Whitby, Ontario– Staff and visitors can expect a colourful and inspiring welcome as they enter Durham Region’s Headquarters, as a new public art installation was unveiled today.

Durham College Fine Arts students created the art as part of a community collaboration program. The artwork has been installed along the stone wall at the north entrance of 605 Rossland Road East in Whitby. The pieces represent the themes of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

This installation is part of a...

Maximizing safety in Durham with roundabouts

Across Durham Region, roundabouts have been installed at various locations in place of traffic control signals as part of theDurham Vision Zero Strategic Road Safety Action Plan. Locations are selected based on a thorough assessment that ensures a roundabout is the ideal solution and is feasible from a design perspective. 

Roundabouts are generally considered to be a safer option, since they reduce the number of conflict points and eliminate the most severe crashes by lowering traffic speed and...