St. Catharines Testing Drone Technology with Mohawk College

Thursday, 12 March 2020 06:00

By Marcie Culbert

You be able to might spot a drone flying in St. Catharines over the next couple of days.

The City is working with Mohawk College's IDEAWORKS applied research department, to see if drones could monitor sewers and outfalls in hard to reach places.

They're going to use the remote control aircrafts to explore areas along the Welland Canal, the Old Welland Canal, Brairsdale Creek and along Lake Ontario.

The tests will be taking place on Thursday March 12th, Friday March 12th, Monday March 16th and Tuesday March 17th weather permitting.

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St. Catharines Testing Drone Technology with Mohawk College

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