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Article content Council has assured Southwood Lakes residents their deteriorating ornamental lamp posts will be replaced on a “like-for-like” basis, after outrage erupted in the subdivision over talk they might be getting standard poles. “There is no doubt decorative lighting enhances a subdivision like this and the residents absolutely deserve like-for-like replacement,” Mayor Drew Dilkens said Monday, as council dealt with a recommendation from one of its standing committees to defer replacing the Southwood Lakes lamp posts until a citywide policy on replacing decorative lamp posts ...

Article content What comes first? “The quick answer is we don’t yet know,” said the mayor, pointing to the fact that administration has been directed to delve into Windsor Works and come up with an implementation plan, something that probably won’t return to council until May. But the mayor wants to ensure there is money in the budget to take action as soon as the implementation plan is done. It should outline the “low-hanging fruit and early wins” that can be tackled right away, Dilkens said. “What we heard in the report is immediate steps and actions are needed. We know and I ...