Our Summer Squads at Your Service
Summer is just around the corner and new teams made up of students and Town employees will be deployed across the territory to inform and interact with residents on various initiatives.
Whether it's environmental issues, gutters, pool enclosures or trees to be replaced in backyards, the teams on the ground will be able to inform you about the steps required to ensure the safety and compliance of your homes.
Disconnection of gutters
In 2024, the Town issued several communications on the subject of heavy rainfall, and among the solutions retained to reduce potential impacts was the management of water running off gutters.
As a reminder, CMM’s Bylaw 2008-47 prohibits the connection of gutters to the main sewer and/or French drain, as this type of connection increases the quantity of water entering the Town's combined sewer system and contributes significantly to overloading the system during rainfall. Therefore, it is important to disconnect your gutters from the network and to properly prepare your property to receive this rainwater, in order to help divert an average of 100,000 liters of rainwater from the sewer system per year, per home.
Two students wearing TMR colours will visit homes to check gutters and inform homeowners of the regulations in place.
To find out more about gutters or for more information on the subject, see ‘How can I protect my home from heavy rain? on the “Sewers and Water Mains” page in the “Roads and Maintenance” section of the Town of Mount Royal website, or contact Urban Planning and Development at 514 734-3042.
