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MEETING: THE GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
DATE: OCTOBER 6, 1986.
REPORT #: WD -77 -86 FILE #:
SUBJECT: BEAUTIFICATION OF THE LIBERTY STREET ENTRANCE TO THE
BOWMANVILLE URBAN AREA OF THE THOW OF NEWCASTLE
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended:
1. That Report WD -77 -86 be received; and,
2. That Kamstra Landscaping be retained to carry out landscaping in the
Bowmanville Works Yard in accordance with their landscape drawing dated
August 23, 1986; and,
3. That Kamstra Landscaping be retained to carry out landscaping on the
Liberty Street /Highway 401 ramp in accordance with their landscape
drawing dated August 23, 1986; and,
4. That the works be funded from the Town's Promotion Account.
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Report No. WD -77 -86
At the General Purpose and Administration Committee Meeting of September 15,
1986, Resolution GPA- 845 -86 was passed requesting that the Director of
Public Works contact the Ministry of Transportation & Communications to
address the cost sharing and liability of landscaping on the Liberty
Street /Highway 401 Interchange as well as the future of the interchange and
to report back to G.P.A.C.
The landscaping proposal for the Liberty Street /Highway 401 Interchange was
reviewed with Mr. Walter Peck, District Engineer, M.T.C., Port Hope, in his
office on September 23, 1986. At that review, he indicated that he would
forward a letter of permission to carry out the works on M.T.C. property as
well as permission to cut the grass at our discretion, that M.T.C. is not in
a position to cost share this improvement and that with respect to
liability, the Town would have to agree to sign a disclaimer absolving
M.T.C. of liability should Town staff be injured or equipment be damaged on
M.T.C. property.
The Town's insurer was contacted to determine if there would be an effect on
the Town's liability insurance with respect to our activities on M.T.C.
property. It was indicated that no special arrangements would be required
in this regard.
The M.T.C. Planning & Design Section were contacted to get the background on
the future plans for the Liberty Street interchange. In the Durham Region
Official Plan adopted in 1976, an additional Highway 401 interchange is
shown at Lambs Road.
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Report No. WD -77 -86
In a 1978 M.T.C. Preliminary Design Study, there was discussion about the
concept of implementing an interchange at Lamb's Road. It was suggested at
that time by M.T.C. that if an interchange were implemented at Lambs Road,
they would be looking at closing the interchanges at Liberty Street and at
Bennett Road since the new interchange would be too close to these two
existing interchanges. It was suggested during discussions with M.T.C. on
September 22, 1986, that it would likely be twenty years before anything
like that happened and that it would be at the request of the Municipality.
Respectfully submitted,
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Gordon J. Ough, P. Eng.,
Director of Public Works.
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September 29, 1986.