Seguin Township declares 'significant weather event'

Seguin Township has declared a 'significant weather event' in response to Environment Canada's blizzard warning for our region. The Township recommends that residents avoid all non-essential travel on roads and sidewalks. 

As per the Ontario Municipal Act, a municipality may declare a significant weather event when a weather hazard, either forecast or occurring, has the potential to pose a significant danger to users of the roadways in which they have authority. This declaration suspends the standard timelines required for municipalities to meet their winter maintenance objectives.

This "significant weather event" declaration will remain in place until further notice.

If you must go out, please exercise extreme caution. As always, give winter maintenance vehicles plenty of space to work and avoid parking on municipal roads.

• Be sure you have a 72-hour emergency kit ready. Learn more about emergency preparedness, and winter storm safety on the Emergency Management Ontario website.
• Gather extra water for drinking and cooking.
• Follow #ONStorm for updates.
• Follow @OPP_HSD and Ontario 511 for road updates.
• Familiarize yourself with Hydro One outage tools, including outage alerts and the outage map.
• Monitor the forecast and local news.

This significant weather event declaration will remain in place until conditions improve and officials advise that the declaration is no longer necessary. Please follow Seguin Township’s social media accounts and website for updates.