The tender for the Point Clark Beach Washrooms renovation was awarded to John Ball Carpentry. The renovation has begun and will continue until mid-May when the project is slated to be complete.

We will update the project page with pictures of the progress over the next 6 weeks. We can't wait to see the finished product!

At the February 11th Council budget meeting; Council received a draft budget that included the Point Clark Beach Enhancements project. The project includes the renovation of the Point Clark Beach, Lighthouse Park Washrooms.

A tender package has been created for the renovation of the washroom that is available here. Tender bids are being accepted until March 8th 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

The new footprint of the washroom will include:

- A family washroom/change area

- A men's washroom with 1 toilet and 2 urinals

- A women's washroom with 1 accessible toilet stall and 2 regular sized toilet stalls

- All three washrooms will have a baby change table

- A foot rinse station

The project completion date is slated for May 10th 2019.

We've received some questions and comments about phragmites south of the Lighthouse and we wanted to provide some information about what we do for phragmites control.

Answer:

Yes, there are still small amounts of Phragmites south of the Lighthouse to Amberley Beach; however, the amount now is a small fraction of the amount of Phragmites that was present from 2005 to 2011 (almost 15 acres south of the lighthouse). The Township of Huron-Kinloss sprayed the phragmites when the water level was low (2009-2012) and eliminated much of the phragmites. Furthermore, the rise of the lake levels in 2015 has assisted in the elimination of phragmites along the shoreline. The Township still does occasional spot spraying along the lakeshore for Phragmites and other invasive species.

January 2nd 2019 will be the last day to provide feedback on the new Point Clark Washroom Design as well as provide ideas and areas of improvement for the Point Clark Beach Enhancements Project. The project will be officially closed for feedback on January 3rd 2019.

We are required to work within the original footprint of the building due to the septic system and the property lines; however, we have gone back to the drawing board to include two family/gender neutral accessible washrooms and an outdoor foot wash station.

Please provide your feedback in the comments section, on the map or in the Share Your Ideas Tool before January 3rd 2019.

You've provided some great ideas in our 'Share Your Ideas' tool and we've been hard at work to see how we can improve.

The public washrooms at the Point Clark Beach need some updating; we heard you loud and clear! To remedy this issue, we've been working with DAR-CAD Designs to create an accessible washroom design that we all can be proud of.

Take a look at the before and after designs and let us know what you think.

We are so proud to work with our residents and visitors to make the Point Clark Beach a great place to spend time with family and friends.

Point Clark Beach Washroom Design