WEED SPRAYING OF POSTS AND GUIDERAILS IN THE UNITED COUNTIES OF PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL AND THE MUNICIPALITIES
Herb-o-Dem Inc., the United Counties of Prescott and Russell, and participating Municipalities intend to control weeds along guard rails and posts along the following roadsides. This pesticide use is for the promotion of public health or safety, under the public works exception to the cosmetic pesticide ban, in order to control and protect against the plants that could affect public works structures.
The list of roads to be sprayed within the United Counties of Prescott and Russell is as follows:
Prescott and Russell County Roads No:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, and 35
City of Clarence-Rockland Roads:
Labonté, Vinette, Lacasse, Baseline, Poupart, De la Baie, Lemay, Corner of Lemay and Fontaine, Corner of Laurier and Poupart, Chamberland, Laurier and Simoneau, Corner of Gilles and Alman, Caron, Montée des Outaouais, Tucker, David, Pago, Wilson, Old Highway 17, Rollin, Corner of Lalonde and Boudreau, Corner of Boudreau and Russell, Corner of Boileau and Russell, Schnupp, Lalonde Bridge, Corner of Du Lac and Maisonneuve, Pilon, Henrie, Du Lac, Duquette, Landry, Corner of Nolan and Du Golf, Drouin, Indian Creek, St-Félix, Bouvier, Lacroix, Guidon, Gagné, Corner of Butler and Lacroix, Butler, Legault, Lavigne, Ettyville, and Rochelandaise
Township of Russell Roads:
McDonald, St-André, St-Jacques, St-Pierre, St-Joseph, Route 400, Route 200, Route 300, St-Thomas, and Wade
Township of Alfred and Plantagenet Roads:
Concession 5, Concession 4, Concession 2, Concession 1, Concession 7, Concession 9, Carriere Road, and Principale Street
Champlain Township Roads:
Blue Corner, Sandy Hill, Ritchance, Greenlane West, Pleasant Corner West, Pleasant Corner East, Pearl, and Charbonneau
The following pesticides, registered under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada), will be used: ESTAPROP XT Liquid Herbicide (PCP #29660), which contains the active ingredient: Dischlorprop and 2,4-D Emulsifiable concentrate (present as the 2-ethylhexyl ester), IPCO Factor 540 Liquid Herbicide (PCP #27988), which contains the active ingredients: Glyphosate (present as potassium salt), Roundup Herbicide (PCP #27487), which contains the active ingredients: Glyphosate (present as potassium salt) under the Pest Control Products Act (Canada).
Signs will be erected in residential areas from May 25, 2026, to June 12, 2026, depending on the weather.
For more information:
Contact Herb-o-Dem Inc. at 613-632-3876 or Nicolas Simard, Civil Engineering Technologist, at 613-675-4661. Collect calls are accepted.
For residents that do not desire weed spraying to occur in front of their property where guard rails and posts are present:
Contact Herb-o-Dem Inc. at 613-632-3876 and/or your local municipality for municipal roads and sidewalks and/or Nicolas Simard for county roads at 613-675-4661. Residents also have the possibility to erect a “No Spray” sign in front of their property.