The roles and responsibilities of our division include:
Asset Management and Capital Planning |
| Asset Management and capital planning is the management of the entire lifecycle - including design, construction, commissioning, operating, maintaining, repairing, modifying, replacing and decommissioning/disposal of tangible capital assets. |
Road, Watermain, Sewer & Sidewalk Construction Projects |
| Please visit our Current Projects page for a list of current City road, watermain, sewer and sidewalk construction projects. |
Development Review and Special Projects |
| Engineering Services administers development related Engineering Agreements for subdivisons and servicing as well as reviews, co-ordinates and provides comments for the Planning Division as it pertains to Engineering for site plan, consents, severances and other development approvals. |
Corridor Control |
| Engineering Services ensures that users of City owned corridors such as road allowances, lanes and related properties, whether they are permanently or temporarily occupying the corridors, are managed so as to coordinate and facilitate the interests of all authorised occupiers of these corridors while protecting the interests of the City through Street Occupation Permits and other approvals. |
Utility Company Coordination |
| This service involves co-oridinating, reviewing and approving applications by utilities and telecommunication companies wishing to expand or extend their infrastructure in City road allowances and lanes and granting Municipal Consent. |
Planning and Design |
| Capital Planning is integral to providing the most effective application of limited financial and human resources to support the long-term sustainability of the City's infrastructure and physical services and deliver the best value to its citizens with the goal of providing a healthy and safe environment in a cost efficient manner. |
City Utilities and Servicing Information |
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Engineering Services retains servicing information in the form of drawings, plans, water, storm and sanitary service information in digital and paper format. This information is available through direct inquiry and in limited form on the City's Geographical Information System. |
Storm Water Management and Drainage |
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The City has a number of storm water management facilities that are an important part of the storm water and drainage system but are not "linear" infrastructure within municipal road allowances. The linear infrastructure includes storm sewers, maintenance access structures and road side ditches that are maintained and repaired by staff in the Public Works and Water/Wastewater Divisions. The other storm water infrastructure that is critical to managing the quantity and quality of run-off from roads, parking lots and land drainage requires regular maintenance to ensure the facilities function properly and meet environmental regulations includes oil-grit separators, storm water management ponds and drainage channels. |
Basement Isolation Storm Sewer Disconnection and Weeping Tile Sump Pump Subsidy |
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Basement IsolationAssistance is available to owners of properties that have experienced flooding due to the sanitary sewer or storm sewer surcharging. Weeping Tile DisconnectionAssistance is available to owners of properties that have experienced flooding due to the sanitary sewer or storm sewer surcharging if:
How to ApplyComplete an Application for Basement Isolation and Weeping Tile Sump Pump Subsidy Program and submit it to dgoetz@owensound.ca. |
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Street Lights |
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The City of Owen Sound operates 2,298 street lights. If you notice a street light problem, please contact Engineering Services at 519-376-4440 (3302) or report it with a detailed description of the location and a description of the issue. For follow up, please provide us with your name and a contact phone number. Common street light problems
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Traffic Signal Maintenance |
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The City of Owen Sound oversees 24 traffic signalized systems. If you notice a traffic signal problem, please contact Engineering Services at 519-376-4440 (3302) or report it with the location of the traffic signal and a description of the problem. For follow up, please provide us with your name and a contact phone number. Common traffic signal problems
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