Region of Queens to pay developers to connect to municipal sewer system
The Region of Queens will pay up to $27,500 to hook up a 15-unit apartment building to the municipality’s sewer system.
Councillors recently voted to compensate Eric and Dawn Fry, the owners of The Falls in Milton at 314 Highway 8 for the costs of running a sewer line from their new three-storey apartment complex on the Mersey River.
The costs of connecting to the sewer system are usually borne by the property owner. But because the connection for this property is across the road, the municipality would be on the hook for the work of at least $50,000, according to a staff report. Ownership and maintenance of a lateral sewer connection on private property are the owner’s responsibility.
The report said that past practice has been for the municipality to pay for the portion of the lateral that would have to cross a road.
