Invasive weed management in Meaford is going to start later this month.
The municipality says the work will be starting the week of May 23, as clearview herbicide will be applied to overgrown and weedy areas along road sections until June 23.
Meaford has partnered with Green Stream Lawn and Vegetation Management Incorporation for this project.
The municipality says invasive species can choke out native plants, invade farmer’s fields, with some weed species able to cause a rash or chemical burns when the plant stem is broken and touched with bare skin.
The municipality adds clearview is an approved herbicide and has been shown to be effective against wild chervil, wild parsnip, wild carrot, and giant hogweed without negatively impacting other vegetation, humans or pollinators.
Clearview will be spraying on both sides of municipal road sections in Meaford.
These include:
-Sideroad 21 from 28th Avenue East to Concession A
-Irish Block Road from Sideroad 24 to Sideroad 27
-Sideroad 24 – 285 meters off of St. Vincent-Sydenham Townline
-Sideroad 27 – 20 meters off of St. Vincent-Sydenham Townline
-St. Vincent-Sydenham Townline – 2906 meters from Sideroad 27
-St. Vincent-Sydenham Townline from Gerald Shortt Parkway to Holland-Sydenham Townline
-Superior Street – 820 meters west of Concession 11
-Concession 11 from Superior Street to end
-Sideroad 15 from Grey Road 11 to end
-Story Book Park Road from Highway 6 and 10 to end
-Sunny Valley Road from Highway 6 and 10 to end
-10th Concession South from Superior Street to Sunny Valley Road
-8th Concession South from Grey Road 18 to Holland-Sydenham Townline
-Sideroad 6 from 8th Concession South to St. Vincent-Sydenham Townline
-Sideroad 3 from 1st Concession to St. Vincent-Sydenham Townline
-Holland-Sydenham Townline from 6th Concession South to 2nd Concession South
-2nd Concession South from Sideroad 3 to Holland-Sydenham Townline
-1st Concession from Gerald Shortt Parkway to Sideroad 3
-Gerald Shortt Parkway from 1st Concession to 11th Line
