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By SAL BOMMARITO Oakville Beaver Staff ~%he town has issued a high water level warning and _ suggests people stay clear of the piers at Oakville and Bronte Habors during inclement weather. Those who like to walk along the piers should use extreme cauâ€" tion during periods of inclement weather, said Bob Perkins, direcâ€" tor of parks and recreation. Town issues high water level warning Awnings with Panache. Over 50 artisans represented Wide assortment of handâ€"crafted and gift items Many oneâ€"ofâ€"aâ€"kind gifts Special Orders Welcome! Just in time for Mother‘s Day 125 Lakeshore Rd. W. Oakville (1 block west of Kerr St. just across from McDonald‘s) rchants few years ago in which children playing on one of the piers were swept into the lake by high waves. It will be at least one more month before there‘s any real sign of improvement of the lake levels. "It‘s still rising," Perkins said. Besides posing a hazard for people using the piers, Perkins said the high water levels also PUD WHERES T CAUGHT HIM *(wm PUp? o|o 20 BUMPBUIMPTHOKL. BUMPBUMP HERES 1 Up2 *~â€"! SI d G resulted in "increased damage to shoreline protection" along the lakefront. The cost of repairing the shoreline protection damage is not yet known, but the town will be forced to spend almost $16,000 to clean up its lakefront parkland, which is littered with shingle and debris from two severe storms last month. Gurth Bramall, the town‘s harâ€" THOKL BUMPRUMP THOKL. â€" SO J SENT HIM TD HIS RoOM. Fine Oak @ Things bormaster, reported a few weeks ago water levels in Lake Ontario during February were 58 cm (22.6 in.) above the longâ€"term average, and 67 cm (27 in.) above the same time last year. In March, lake levâ€" els decreased by only 2 cm. The International St. Lawrence River Board of Control has initiâ€" ated an emergency procedure to ensure maximum outflows from the lake. However, should the lake level rise as much as it did last March to midâ€"May, the level would be up within a fraction of the allâ€"time recorded high, Bramall reported. However, Environment Canada is projecting a maximum lake level of between 30.5 cm (12 in.) and 45.7 cm (18 in.) below the recorded high. by Steve Nease