Thank you for your question. The Town is working with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to expand broadband service in Lincoln. Several announcements were made by ISPs to improve service delivery to Lincoln. Please stay up to date on our Speak Up Lincoln page: https://speakuplincoln.ca/broadband-strategy (Contact information for specific ISPs is available on this page.)

Thanks for your question. The Town recognizes that the location of the current Vineland fire station poses a number of challenges and has plans to move to a more suitable location.

The Town owns property at the corner of Victoria Ave and Claus Rd upon which a new fire station will be built. The timing of the construction of the new station is dependent upon the progress of the Prudhommes development and, ultimately, upon Council approval of funding.  Once the new station is built, fire department operations in Vineland plans to move to the new facility, and the Tallman Drive building will be vacated.

Thank you for your question. The Town is proposing to relocate the eastern end of Tallman Drive to the west and away from the adjacent ravine. Relocation of the roadway initiates the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Schedule 'B') process which requires the Town to develop various realignment options and evaluate the associated risks/impacts to the environment of each alternative.

 The east end of Tallman Drive is in poor condition and the current eastern edge of the road is near a steep slope that is experiencing erosion and instability. Relocating the roadway away from the slope is a permanent solution to the problem and improves safety, maintenance obligations and access for both the Town and local properties owners. The Environmental Assessment will identify and analyze potential locations to relocate the current road alignment which may include land acquisition requirements and additional agreements between the Town and private property owners. 

 Public notification will be provided to advise the community of the assessment.

Thank you for your question. Staff have reviewed the option of constructing new sidewalks previously and the challenge are the large boulevard trees.  New sidewalks would negatively impact the trees, making them unstable and requiring removals in a lot of cases.  To help improve traffic and pedestrian safety the Town previously reduced the speed limit to 40km/hr and continue to monitoring speeding conditions to see if further traffic calming measures are warranted.

The purpose of the Friesen Neighborhood Project was to replace old metallic watermain and completed road resurfacing on roads where watermain was replaced and as well other nearby roads to take advantage of economies of scale pricing, etc.  In terms of Greenmeadow Blvd, the watermain was identified to be replaced but during construction a portion was found to be PVC pipe material.  However, the age of the watermain was approximately 40 yrs which represents approx. half of the PVC service life of approx. 75 yrs.  However, it is important to note that aside from the actual main piping all the watermain valves, fittings, etc., were old cast iron (metallic) and all the resident’s home services were 40 yr old copper piping, which also gave the Town an opportunity to replace to ensure future reliability with leaks, especially when investing in the new road paving.