Month: March 2024

  • Reminder of Public Meeting – Open House Parks and Open Space Masterplan

    Parks and Open Space Master Plan Open House dates

    • Wednesday, March 6th 2024 – 5pm Stevensville Memorial Hall 2508 Stevensville Road
    • Thursday, March 7th 2024 – 6pm Leisureplex Banquet Hall, 3 Municipal Centre Drive

    For more details click here

  • Town of Fort Erie Eclipse Plan

    In preparation for the April 8th eclipse event the Town of Fort Erie recently provided an update to Council at its March 4th meeting to answer questions for residents and visitors.

    Information summary

    • Date: April 8th 2024
    • Time: Starting at 2:04pm with totality starting at 3:18pm, maximum at 3:20pm. Totality ends at 3:22pm and the whole event will be finished at 4:32pm.

    What has the TOFE done to prepare for this event

    There is expected to be anywhere from 500,000 to 1,000,000 visitors to come to the Niagara Region over the course of the weekend leading up to the main event on Monday, April 8th 2024.

    Town staff have been participating in meeting since late 2022 and all of 2024 with Regional Partners, Emergency Personnel, OPP, NRPS, MTO Boarder Services, Niagara Parks and others to make plans to manage any emergencies that might come up over the weekend leading up to the event and the day of.

    Emergency Shelter to be located at the Leisureplex if needed. This will be a place where it people get separated can find each other.

    Staff, have made plans to advertise places that would be appropriate to watch the event and where road closures will be due to safety reasons. Town of Fort Erie staff have developed a traffic Management plan to deal with the heavy traffic expected on this day.

    Residents have been asked to keep their travel to minimum as there could be the potential for many people on the streets and out of town visitors.

    • Town of Fort Erie is providing glasses for residents. Where can I get a pair of glasses click here

    Questions or concerns call 905 871 1600 Ext. 2401 or email jpennellajie@forterie.ca

    Looking for events in Town?

    • Niagara Parks Commission is hosting a talk with NASA at the Old Fort Erie