Why spraying happens

Spraying helps:

• Keep roads and signs easy to see
• Improve drainage
• Prevent trees and brush from growing too close to the road
• Stop the spread of harmful and invasive weeds

Only unmaintained ditches will be sprayed. Yards and ditches that are mowed and maintained will not be sprayed.

County-wide roads and guide rails

The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville will also spray:

• Select sections on County Roads 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 25, 43 and 44
• Guide rails along all County Roads (except in Rideau Lakes)
• Selected roads in the Townships of Athens, Augusta, Edwardsburgh Cardinal, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Front of Yonge, Leeds and Thousand Islands, Merrickville-Wolford, and North Grenville

Roads being sprayed in Edwardsburgh Cardinal

The plan covers over 70 kilometres of road in TWPEC. Local roads include:

• Adams, Buckwheat (East and West), Campbell, Connell, Crowder, Cucman, Dobbie
• Groveton, Hyndman, Jochem, Latimer (South), Liezert, Millar (East and West)
• Pitt, Pittdale, Pittston, Rock, Smith, Totem Ranch (East), and Ventnor

What products are used

Spraying will be done by Wagar and Corput Weed Control Inc. using these approved products registered under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada):

• ClearView Herbicide (Reg. #29752)
• Navius FLEX (Reg. #30922)
• Gateway Adjuvant (Reg. #31470)

This pesticide use is in accordance with the public health and safety exception to the cosmetic pesticides ban in subsection 7.1 (2) of the Pesticides Act.

Don’t want spraying in front of your property?

You can opt out by placing “No Spray” signs at the start and end of your property. These must:

• Be at least 30 cm by 60 cm (1 ft by 2 ft)
• Be easy to read from the road

You can make your own sign or get one from the Counties office in Brockville.

Want more information?

You can read the official public notice.
Maps and full details about roadside spraying are available online

You can also contact:

• United Counties of Leeds and Grenville (800) 770-2170 / (613)342-3840 x 2425
• Wagar & Corput Weed Control Inc. (613) 938-2117 (call collect)