Streambank Erosion Control Project Guidelines

Funding and Technical Support Is Available

Cost-share Rate: 50%

Maximum Payment: $10,000

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Purpose:

To reduce soil erosion along waterways to improve surface water quality.

Eligible Projects
• Streambank stabilization including ditchbank seeding, spillway drop structures, culvert protection, and bioengineering techniques.

• Projects may be evaluated for eligibility on a case-by-case basis.

Project Details
• Design by professional engineers may be advisable on complex and/or large projects. The private sector is expected to fill these requirements. Supervision of construction is not mandatory, yet may be specified as required by program representatives on large and/or complex projects.

• Projects must have approval from appropriate agencies prior to construction. In addition, any work done on municipal drains also requires prior approval from the municipality.

• All collected water must be taken to a sufficient and legal outlet.

Eligible Costs
• Professional design

• Contractors' labour and materials.

Ineligible costs
• Machinery or equipment used by the applicant, family dependents or the applicant's business

• Replacement of existing retaining walls or other structures

• Gabion basket walls, steel retaining structures, concrete or solid retaining walls

• Permits

• Taxes

For more information, please call (905) 895-1281

Please note: Applications for funding may be made to the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority at any time, however, funding is limited and available on a first come first serve basis.

Thank you, in advance, for submitting your completed Application Form and Project Profile to the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority.

Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority 120 Bayview Parkway, Box 282, Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 4X1 T: (905) 895-1281 F: (905) 853-5881 E-mail: info@lsrca.on.ca