Canadian Navigable Waters Act: Oxford Road 59 Bridge

Oxford County hereby gives notice that an application has been made to the Minister of Transport, pursuant to the Canadian Navigable Waters Act, for approval of the work described herein and its site and plans.

Pursuant to paragraph 7(2) of the said Act, Oxford County has deposited with the Minister of Transport, on the on-line Common Project Search Registry under the NPP File Number 2023-408892 a description of the following work, its site and plans:

In, on, over, under, through or across the Thames River in the City of Woodstock on Oxford County Road 59 approximately 400 m north of Oxford County Road 35 and 700 m southeast of the Pittock Reservoir dam.

The work is in the late stages of detailed design and will be tendered in 2023. Construction is expected to begin in 2024. Rehabilitation works will include the replacement of the complete deck, jacking of the superstructure for bearing replacement, replacement of approach slab, replacement of expansion joints, and replacement of the asphalt/waterproofing.

Comments regarding the effect of this work on marine navigation can be sent through the Common Project Search site mentioned above under the “Comment” section (search by the above referenced number) or if you do not have access to the internet, by sending your comments directly to:

Navigation Protection Program – Transport Canada
100 S Front St, 1st Floor
Sarnia ON
N7T 2M4

Transport Canada will not make your comments on a project available to the public on the online public registry. However, any information related to a work is considered as unclassified public record and could be accessible upon legal request. As such, the information and records provided should not contain confidential or sensitive information. If you want to provide confidential or sensitive information that you think should not be made public, please contact Transport Canada before submitting it.

Comments will be considered only if they are in writing (electronic means preferable) and are received no later than 30 days after the publication of the last notice. Although all comments conforming to the above will be considered, no individual response will be sent.

Original notice published August 16, 2023.