This month, you may start to see orange, brown and black caterpillars making a home on trees in Vaughan. These are spongy moth caterpillars – invasive insects that eat leaves from hardwood trees such as oak, maple, birch and poplar, and select shrubs. City of Vaughan staff continue working to control the spongy moth population and are here to provide tips to help you protect the trees on your property.

Coming soon to a park near you – SmartParks, an exciting new pilot project that allows parks visitors to access amenity and facility bookings, report a problem such as litter, and make a service request with the scan of a QR code on their smartphone!

This new initiative designed to connect residents with City services will be available in the following parks:

As the next step in the City of Vaughan’s commitment to road safety, speed limits in some neighbourhoods are decreasing from 50 kilometres per hour to 40 kilometres per hour. New signage to indicate the reduced speed limits will begin to be installed in early May, and it is anticipated this work will be completed by the end of May.

Warmer weather may have you excited to spend time outdoors in Vaughan, but please stay clear of stormwater ponds. The City of Vaughan is reminding everyone that swimming, boating, fishing and other play are not safe in and around stormwater ponds due to the constant flow of water in and out of the pond, multiple pollutants and unpredictable water levels. The bottom of these ponds is very soft, and anyone who enters, including pets, may quickly get stuck.