UNITED COUNTIES OF PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL AND MUNICIPALITIES WEED SPRAYING OF POSTS AND GUIDERAILS
Wagar & Corput Weed Control Inc, the United Counties of Prescott and Russell and participating Municipalities intend to control weeds along guard rails and posts along the following roadsides. This pesticide use is for the promotion of public health or safety under the public works exception to the cosmetic pesticide ban in order to control and protect against the plants that could affect public works structures.
The list of roads to be sprayed within the United Counties of Prescott and Russell is as follows:
Prescott and Russell County Roads No:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 , 31 and 35.
City of Clarence-Rockland Roads:
Labonté, Vinette, Lacasse, Baseline, Poupart, De la Baie, Lemay, Corner of Lemay & Fontaine, Corner of Laurier & Poupart, Chamberland, Laurier & Simoneau, Corner of Gilles & Alman, Caron, Montée des Outaouais, Tucker, David, Pago, Wilson, Old Highway 17, Rollin, Corner of Lalonde & Boudreau, Corner of Boudreau & Russell, Corner of Boileau & Russell, Schnupp, Lalonde Bridge, Du Lac Bridge, Corner of Du Lac & Maisonneuve, Pilon Bridge, Pilon, Henrie, Du Lac, Duquette, Landry, Corner of Nolan & Du Golf, Drouin, Indian Creek, St-Félix, Bouvier, Lacroix, Guidon, Gagné, Corner of Butler & Lacroix, Butler, Legault, Lavigne, Ettyville, Rochelandaise and St-Pascal rd.
Township of Russell Roads:
McDonald, St-André, St-Jacques, St-Pierre, St-Joseph, Route 400, Route 200, Route 300, St-Thomas and Wade.
Township of Alfred and Plantagenet Roads:
Concession 5, Concession 4, Concession 2, Concession 1, Concession 7, Concession 9, Carriere Road and Principale Street.
Township of Hawkesbury:
du Chenail, McGill, Main, Giroux project, Spence, Tupper, West, Cultural Centre le Chenail and Town structures.
The following pesticides registered under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada) will be used: ARSENAL Powerline Herbicide (PCP #30203), which contains the active ingredient: Imazapyr (present as the isopropylamine salt), ClearView Herbicide (PCP #29752), which contains the active ingredients: Metsulfuron – methyl and Aminopyralid (present as potassium salt), VisionMAX Silviculture Herbicide (PCP #27736), which contains the active ingredients: Glyphosate (present as potassium salt) under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada).
Signs will be erected in residential areas from May 26th, 2025, to June 13th, 2025, depending on the weather.
For more information:
Contact Wagar & Corput Weed Control Inc. at (613) 938-2117 or Nicolas Simard, Civil Engineering Technologist, 1-613-675-4661, or visit www.prescott-russell.on.ca. Collect calls are accepted.
For residents that do not desire weed spraying to occur in front of their property where guard rails and posts are present :
Contact Wagar & Corput Weed Control Inc. at (613) 938-2117 and/or your local Municipality for municipal roads and sidewalks and/or Nicolas Simard for County Roads at 1-613-675-4661. Residents also have the possibility to erect a “No Spray” sign in front of their property.