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Keep Collingwood, Collingwood.

READ
THE
PLANS.

Three things in one place: what is being dug up on your street, where the big projects actually stand, and a search of the Town’s own planning papers. Every fact here links back to the page it came from, in the Town’s words, so you can check it yourself.

Read this first. This is my campaign’s tool, not the Town’s, and it is not legal advice. The two “sides” below are meant to be one-sided — that is the point of them. Short summaries can be wrong or out of date. Before you rely on anything here, click through and read the real page it came from.

LOOK IT UP YOURSELF

PROJECTS MATCHING “oak street”
  • Happening now

    Sixth Street Reconstruction

    “Phase 1 construction is scheduled for 2026 and Phase 2 construction will occur in 2027.”

  • Planned

    Second Street Infrastructure Renewal

    “Reconstruction of Second Street (120m from Oak Street to Cedar Street) will include upgrades to the sanitary sewer and watermain as well improvements to the existing road conditions.”

    No date on the Town’s page.

  • Planned

    2026 Micro-Surfacing and Road Resurfacing

    “Works will include removing existing asphalt and hard surfaces from the street, minor base work, and resurfacing the roadway with new asphalt.”

  • Done

    Third Street Urbanization and Bridge Rehabilitation

    “Construction of this project has been completed and is now in the warranty period.”

Copied word for word from the Town’s Construction Projects page, read 18 October 2026.

WHAT THE PAPERS SAY ABOUT “oak street”
  • “The following image is a map of the project area at the intersection of Second Street and Oak Street.”

    Construction Projects, page 1
  • “Sixth Street, between Hurontario and Oak Street, including sidewalks, will be closed June 12 - October 30, 2026.”

    Sixth Street Reconstruction, page 1
  • “The 2023 Capital Budget does include funds for the future design of the Third Street Bridge located between Oak and Birch Streets to carry out needed rehabilitation work.”

    OP Adoption, page 6

Those sentences are copied word for word out of the documents. Nothing here was written by a computer.

4 DOCUMENTS TO DIVE INTO
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Construction Projects (Town of Collingwood, read 18 October 2026)

PDF page 1

Town's engineering standards and to provide active transportation opportunities along the corridor. Construction is tentatively scheduled for 2027, subject to Council approval. Peel Street Reconstruction Newsletter - May 2025 Second Street and Oak Street Canal - Bridge Improvements Bridge 08 (Oak Street culvert) and Bridge 09 (Second Street bridge) both convey the Oak Street Cana…

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Town of Collingwood Official Plan

PDF page 150

Concept as defined by the regulatory flood shall regulate the Silver Creek, Black Ash Creek, Townline Creek and Batteaux River and Oak Street Canal floodplains. c) In addition to the permitted uses identified within the Environmental Protection Designation or within the regulatory floodplain of the Oak Street Canal, existing uses…

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Construction Projects (Town of Collingwood, read 18 October 2026)

PDF page 1

…west side of Collingwood is part of this project as well. Active Transportation facilities were evaluated as part of the design, and one (1) way cycle tracks will be constructed on each side of Sixth Street from Hurontario to High Street. Construction will be in two (2) phases: Phase 1 Hurontario Street to Oak Street, and Phase 2 Oak Street to High Street. Phase 1 construction is scheduled for 202…

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Sixth Street Reconstruction (Town of Collingwood project page)

PDF page 1

improving overall canopy quality and resilience. Project News & Updates May 7, 2026: Temporary Road Closures and Transit Disruptions - Revised As part of the next phase of the Sixth Street Reconstruction Project, a temporary disruption will be in effect starting May 11, 2026. Below are details, including projected timelines, and impacts to transit service. The intersection of Hur…

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Construction Projects (Town of Collingwood, read 18 October 2026)

PDF page 1

…orth bridge work and watermain installation. Bridge work is ongoing through the 2025/2026 winter and road work will begin in the spring of 2026 after the half load restrictions have been lifted. Peel Street Reconstruction - Hume to Bush Detail design is underway and expected to be completed in 2026. The general scope of the work consists of the reconstruction, urbanization, and drainage improvemen…

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Sixth Street Reconstruction (Town of Collingwood project page)

PDF page 1

will have temporary detours (refer to the map for details). Visit the Transit Page for more information. Blink Route West Route Crosstown East Route The stops at Sixth and Hurontario Streets (Stop #602), and Hurontario and Ste. Marie (Stop #206) will not be serviced during the road closure dates. Image Your anticipated patience is appreciated. Future updates will be shared as they…

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BIG QUESTIONS PEOPLE ASK

Three questions
the documents
already answer.

I wrote these three by hand, straight out of the papers — no computer wrote them. The box above searches all 2,158 bits of those papers.

Protecting land for jobs

What the Town’s own papers say

  • The County says Collingwood needs about 94.1 more hectares of employment land by 2051 County Plan p.29.
  • Jobs are planned to grow from 12,260 (2021) to 18,540 by 2051 Official Plan p.44.
  • Provincial rules say towns must protect employment areas for current and future uses Provincial Statement p.17.
  • In 2026 the Town proposed a zoning change to stop new stand-alone shops, offices and similar uses in industrial zones (M1, M2, M4, M5), because of the "Employment Land deficit facing the Town" Employment Lands p.1.6.

People who want to build more say

Jobs keep young families here. Protect industrial land, make it ready to build on (servicing included), and speed up approvals for manufacturing, warehouses and research.

People who want to go slower say

Agreed on protecting it. But new industry has to fit with nearby homes: noise, dust and truck traffic Official Plan p.112. Don't turn new natural areas into industrial land to make up the shortfall.

A fair way through

This is the easiest one. Both sides agree.

  • Industrial/Employment: Support the 2026 change that keeps industrial land for jobs. Then make a short list of sites that are ready to build on.
  • Commercial: Send shops and offices to downtown and main corridors instead.
  • Residential: Keep buffers between new homes and industry.
  • Still unknown: Where the 94.1 ha would come from, and the result of the August 10, 2026 public meeting. (Not in our sources.)

The Build and Protect columns are arguments. The cited sentences above are the part that comes from a document.

ASK A QUESTION

Ask it
like you would
ask a neighbour.

Type a question in your own words. You get three answers: someone arguing to build more, someone arguing to go slower, and then a plain summary of what makes sense — split into homes, shops and jobs. Every fact links back to the page it came from.

One question goes to three readers of the same passages: a case for building, a case for holding back, and a plain-language recommendation. It usually takes under a minute.

WHERE THIS COMES FROM

Where this comes from.

Town of Collingwood, Simcoe County and Province of Ontario public documents. Page numbers are PDF pages, not the number printed on the page. An excerpt is a short capture of a report whose full file could not be downloaded, and the link still goes to the original.

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