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Pesticide Use The United Counties of Leeds and Grenville intends to utilize Wagar and Corput Weed Control Inc. to control weeds along the following rural roadsides:
• Select sections on County Roads 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 25, 43 and 44.
• Selected Township Roads in the municipalities of Athens, Augusta, Edwardsburgh/Cardinal, Elizabethtown-Kitley, Front of Yonge, Leeds and Thousand Islands, Merrickville- Wolford and North Grenville.
• All County guide rails, except for those in Rideau Lakes.
For roadside and guide rail weed control, the contractor will be using the following pesticide products registered under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada): ClearView Herbicide (Reg. #29752), containing the active ingredients Metsulfuron-methyl and Aminopyralid, present as potassium salt, Navius FLEX (Reg. #30922), containing the active ingredients Metsulfuron-methyl and Aminocyclopyrachlor and Gateway Adjuvant (Reg. #31470), containing the active ingredients Paraffinic oil and Alkoxylated alcohol non-ionic surfactants.
Commencing: May 20, 2025 (weather permitting) to June 20, 2025. This pesticide use is in accordance with the public health and safety exception to the cosmetic pesticides ban in subsection 7.1 (2) of the Pesticides Act.
For further information contact:
Wagar & Corput Weed Control Inc. (613) 938-2117 (call collect) United Counties of Leeds and Grenville (800) 770-2170 / (613) 342-3840 x 2413
Please contact the Counties if you require more detailed information regarding our program, including additional information on how to post “No Spray” signage in front of your property. This information along with maps of the roads to be sprayed is available on our website at www.leedsgrenville.com under Government, Divisions, Public Works, Weed Control.