A community Facebook group, the salon of modern times, the middle of winter: talk of salt shortages, salt gouging, and salt sightings. (Walmart had a shipment, people. $3.97 a bag.) Discussion ...

A catch basin is plugged with a black fabric, as well as leaves and dirt below the grate, preventing water from flowing into them during a rainstorm.

TORONTO – City crews are working hard Monday to stave off the risk of flooding as the warm temperatures begin to melt the mountains of snow left by Friday’s storm. Crews are clearing catch ...

Enrolment grows According to the city, Adopt a Catch Basin has already surpassed its American counterparts in terms of participants. In fact, hundreds more have joined over the last two months. As ...

Warm weather, blocked catch basins cause several Ottawa streets to flood By Christopher Whan Global News Posted February 5, 2019 10:53 am Updated February 5, 2019 2:11 pm ...

Use this service to report: Cracked grates or frames Pavement or ground collapsing, crumbling or settling around the catch basin Debris such as sticks, rocks, leaves or other foreign material in the ...

Ottawa has more than 56,000 catch basins and can't clear them all of snow and ice, says the city's manager of road services.

Wickliffe officials are looking to address two catch basins on Luxona Avenue as part of bettering the city’s streets. According to City Engineer Pete Formica, the basins were not part of the ...

According to the city's Department of Public Works, as of July crews have cleaned 5,055 catch basins and flushed more than 7,000 linear feet of drain lines.