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Home My WebLink AboutWD-11-90 TOWN OF NEWCASTLE REPORT File # Res. # By-Law # MEETING: GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 5, 1990 REPORT #: wD-i i -9 o FILE #: SECT: RECONSTRUCTION OF BEAVER STREET AND ROBERT STREET FORMER VILLAGE OF NEWCASTLE RECOMMENDATIONS: It is respectfully recommended' that the General Purpose and Administration Committee recommend to Council the following: 1. THAT Report WD-11-90 be received; 2 . THAT provision be made in the 1990 Capital Budget and Four Year Forecast for the completion of design in 1990 and the reconstruction in 1991 of Robert Street and Beaver Street as outlined in this report; and 3 . THAT a copy of this report be forwarded to all residents who attended the Information Centre held on September 13, 1989, and to the residents at 48 and 49 Robert Street, 106 and 118 Beaver Street. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- REPORT 1. ATTACHMENTS No. l Location and Detail Plan No.2 : Notice of Information Centre No. 3: Copy- of information Centre Register, . . .2 REPORT NO. : WD-11-90 PAGE 2 2 . BACKGROUND 2 . 1 Provision was made in the 1988 Capital budget and Four Year Forecast for the design in 1988 and the reconstruction in 1990 of Beaver Street and Robert Street in the former Village of Newcastle. 2 .2 An Information Centre was held at the Newcastle Village Town Hall between the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 7 :00 p.m. on November 2, 1988. Report WD-18-89, which advised Council of the results of the Information Centre was received by the General Purpose and Administration Committee at a regular meeting held on January 9, 1989 . 2 .3 Beaver Street has a 16 .4 m (50 feet) wide road allowance and is lined with mature trees . The proposed reconstruction, which would provide for the standard 9 .2 m (28 feet) wide pavement would have resulted in the removal of about 25 of the mature trees on Beaver Street and Robert Street. 2 .4 The comments from the property owners concerning the reconstruction was varied but in general, the response was considered to be very negative to the proposed reconstruction. The main reason for the i negative response was the loss of the mature trees . i 2 .5 As a result, Report WD-18-89 contained the following recommendation: "THAT the option of narrowing the pavement on Beaver Street and Robert Street be examined; and THAT another Information Centre be held in 1989 to f report our findings on narrowing the pavement. " These recommendations were approved by Council. . . .3 i REPORT NO. : WD-11-90 PAGE 3 3. REVIEW AND COMMENT 3. 1 Provision was made in the 1989 Capital Budget and Four Year Forecast to complete preliminary design in 1989, final design in 1990 and reconstruction of Beaver Street and Robert Street in 1991. 3 .2 Second Information Centre 3 .2 . 1 A second Information Centre was held at the former Village of Newcastle Town hall from 3:00 p.m. to 7 :00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 13, 1989 . 3 . 3 In order to respond to the concerns of the residents about the loss of about 25 mature trees, the following changes in design of the road way was presented to the residents at the Information Centre: 1) Reduce the width of the pavement on Beaver Street from James Street to Emily Street from the originally proposed 9 .2m (28 feet) width to 6 . 7 m (22 feet) width. 2) Reduce the width of the pavement on Beaver Street from highway 401 to James Street, from Emily Street to Highway #2 and on Robert Street from Mill Street to Beaver Street from the originally proposed 9 .2 m (28 feet) to 8 .0 m (26 .2 feet) . These changes resulted in reducing the number of trees that must be removed because of the reconstruction from 25 to 17 . 3) Make Beaver Street one-way northbound from Robert Street to Emily Street and two-way from Highway 401 to Robert Street and from Emily Street to highway #2 . 4) Make Robert Street two-way from Mill Street. . . .4 1033 REPORT NO. : WD-11-90 PAGE 4 5) In addition to the above changes, the residents were offered two replacement trees (planted on their property by the Town) of heights from 5 to 6 m ( 16 to 20 feet) for each tree removed within the street allowance across their frontage. 3.4 In addition to the Information Centre, on September 12, 1989, our consultant met with the residents at 48 Robert Street, 106 and 118 Beaver Street and 82 Emily Street and reviewed the revised design proposals with them. These residents indicated that they were in favour of the new proposal. 3 .5 On November 8, 1989, our consultant met with the owners of 49 Beaver Street who were unable to attend the Information Centre held on September 12 . They indicated that they are pleased that the reconstruction is proposed but that they have reservations with regard to the proposed two-way traffic on Robert Street (at the present time, Robert Street is one-way eastbound from Mill Street to Beaver Street) . They were advised that in order to alleviate their concerns, parking will be prohibited on this section of Robert Street. 3.6 The Information Centre was attended by 17 residents . The majority of those who attended indicated that they were in favour of the Town proceeding with the reconstruction of Robert Street and Beaver Street using the new proposal presented at the Information Centre. 4 . RECOMMENDATIONS 4 . 1 It is recommended that provision be made in the 1990 Capital budget and Four Year Forecast for the completion of design in 1990 and the reconstruction in 1991 of Beaver Street and Robert Street in accordance with the proposal presented at the Information Centre held on September 13, 1989, and as outlined in this report. . . .5 1 034 REPORT NO. : WD-11-90 PAGE 5 Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation to the Committee, c' --- -------------------- Walter A. Evans, P. Eng. , Lawren eFE. Kotseff, Director of Public Works . Chief Ad inistrative Officer. WAE*llv January 10, 1989 Attachments cc: Mr. N. Petherick Mrs . L. Caswell 89 Edward Street 107 Beaver Street Newcastle, Ontario Newcastle, Ontario LOA 1HO LOA 1H0 Mr. T. Alldread Mrs. H. Goheen 106 Beaver Street 127 Beaver Street Newcastle, Ontario Newcastle, Ontario LOA 1HO LOA 1H0 Mr. F. Castellano Mr. M. Robinson 49 Robert Street 47 Robert Street Newcastle, Ontario Newcastle, Ontario LOA 1HO LOA 1H0 Mr. M. Martin Mr. & Mrs. R. Watson 209 Beaver Street 438 Beaver Street Newcastle, Ontario Newcastle, Ontario LOA 1HO LOA 1H0 Mr. & Mrs . J. Scott Northumberland and 338 Beaver Street Newcastle Board of Newcastle, Ontario Education LOA 1HO Box 470 Cobourg, Ontario Mrs . P. Kearney K9A 4L2 49 Beaver Street Newcastle, Ontario Mr. Cadorin LOA 1H0 412 Beaver Street Newcastle, Ontario Mr. F. Langstaff LOA 1H0 53 James Street Newcastle, Ontario Mr. B. Percy LOA 1H0 48 Robert Street Newcastle, Ontario Mr. L. Caswell LOA 1H0 107 Beaver Street Newcastle, Ontario LOA 1H0 . . . 6 103 REPORT NO. : WD-11-90 PAGE 6 Mr. B. Barbacsy Mr. A. Gray 195 Beaver Street 118 Beaver Street Newcastle, Ontario Newcastle, Ontario LOA 1HO LOA 1HO JI 036 KING ST. HIGHWAY NO. 2 EMILY ST, CARO- LINE ST.t><> EDWARD «`< S T. r = J U J JAMES ST. w Q I', E2tLRTj ST. m i HWY. NO, 401 i Y / ST. �WM R4p a a tiMG ST. Kyp 1 HWAY Ul 3 PROJECT .° LOCATION C�p e,T ST ATTAC��rIt�'dT NO .1 H10HWAY N* 401 - WD-11-90 AP 1037 i -- — So- P-1 136q Notice Iy �S<'1',�:•;•l,•..�Y�tf�`..•.2`.. rent-�:t�w ,r.i.�• ♦j r: T�' � RECONSTRUCTION OF BEAVER STREET, (KING STREET TO SOUTH LIMIT) AND ROBERT STREET (BEAVER STREET TO MILL STREET), NEWCASTLE Information Centre Meeting No. 2 An ::,formation Centre was held on November 2, 19°8, for the ourpz)se of discussing preliminary proposals as envisaged for ,r: ;i n;ative recons:,uctron of the subject pro*ecis. �ha meot,n:� .vas eil at;ended local residents and va ued in..2ut was r, no.,, wit., to disr,.iss alternative proposa!s with D•-!;.:::,.d design dra'.v,ngs shafi be prepared in t9' J pith co:'• tentatively %cheduled for 1991. the 'proposed worn will include road excava ion placing granul.r ro;a� base curb and guter, storm sewers, upgradin. r rrr.d ;:?nitary sewers and placinr hot mix asphalt. 50 Jfovided on the fast sKr3 pf Doaver Stre�.:t and ih,? north S�'..r' S,,C•et. :r �r--,ally ir.:i;ed to a;r.3nd an InIxma;ion -ntre to ;h h . .rs of 3 CJ3 p.m. and 7:CK) p.m. on 4Vedn_. r 1. 193 a; Cwcas;le Town Na °I, Cent-nn , :i = „ninay ;flans for ;ire proposed reconstruction wifl ::;1-2 fo. ,nspr::aon and staff will be on hand to ans� '" ;i nS in)u! fro the pu`,iic iS MesPectfufly SOIICi;--', .V A. ._,a n s, P. Eng of Puhlrc Works ,xpor Depar;mt.n; a;;cn of the Town of t:ewccas:! e :,1, Department s ;nicipal 3uilding �0 Temperan e 5Ut , �t �s 7V,':"At,:'VI L L 0n:trio L I C 3A-3 6) 623 T379 )3 19;' ATTACH IfIrENT `J0 .2 B-11-00 1038 INFORMATION CENTRE THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE PROPOSED RECONSTRUCTION OF BEAVER STREET AND ROBERT STREET, VILLAGE OF . NEWCASTLE. SEPTEMBER 13, 1989. Name Address Remarks C��c,J�;zl� ,��; 0N�_ sue; c _ X05 vE'2 >J � a4G C not l a� wuA h�. � oc.vi..�ctur.G ' Y C' '2 �°m� C[�n SffhDE, � �QJt�,Jtecu coca �h2UEST T�e� �i G Rvc%UE z 7 c.GE ! cKy 6c�q 1 pjp u-; BA S 19S 8C✓�✓Cc✓ S1 1-f/M� Disco --M S4 , T2GES '17-ILL H 0.S T-V QG CtGT-ocCT -S VBI"' LR 'U ..252Q HAS SroP 51yu rU 5/�vw rx.�� ov 6�.V U-L �•r. ES (j FZ( l O &AI)6X ,dS C..d--lca ,cs 11 rloT ICJ U P-G /�Gee�sS To 0 S.�(3oIJ�s�oti1. N.J(=A-i L1E-13d� r� G , �^^ 7 C ATTI�C�i 1EiVT N0 .3 ``� VID-11'90 °Et. 9��✓,yCE !,/ Ja f�`PE f/E iyErS J SofTMiy e S yc(, urn ,�« TyE LEgvE's�� f'FY.r�y rH rt. 1