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STING: General Purpose and Administration Committee
DATE: March 5, 1990
REPORT #: PD- 89 -90 FILE #:
SUBJECT: EXTENSION OF CONNECTING LINK
HIGHWAY NO. 2 - BOWMANVILLE
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and
Administration Committee recommend to Council the following:
1. THAT Report PD- 89 -90 be received;
2 . THAT Council adopt the following resolution:
WHEREAS the west limit of the Bowmanville Urban Area boundary
extends to the west limit of Lot 17;
"WHEREAS the Town of Newcastle is concerned that the lack of
progress in the negotiations between the Ministry of
Transportation and the Region of Durham to assume Highway #
2 as a Regional Road;
WHEREAS major residential and commercial development
applications are presently being considered by the Town of
Newcastle;
WHEREAS the Town of Newcastle deems it necessary to have a
greater flexibility to achieve the type of urban development
it deems suitable;
WHEREAS the Town of Newcastle wishes to apply higher urban
maintenance standards to this section of the roadway;
WHEREAS the Town of Newcastle is willing to assume its share
of costs related to the ongoing maintenance of an extension
to the connecting link in Bowmanville;
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THEREFORE, the Town of Newcastle petitions the Minister of
Transportation to designate that portion of Highway No. 2
between Regional Road No. 57 and the west limit of Lot 17 as
a "connecting link" under the Public Transportation and
Highway Improvement Act.
3 . THAT the Minister of Transportation and the Region of Durham be so
advised and forwarded a copy of Report PD- 89 -90 .
1. BACKGROUND:
1. 1 Within the Town of Newcastle, certain portions of Highway No. 2 are
designated as "connecting links" under the Public Transportation
and Highway Improvement Act. For these portions, the Town of
Newcastle is the road authority whereas the majority of the Highway
No. 2 is a "King's Highway" under Provincial jurisdiction. The
portion of Highway No. 2 between Durham Road No. 57 and Cemetery
Road in Bowmanville is designated as a "connecting link" .
1.2 At the present time, there are a number of proposed or approved
development applications on the west side of the urbanized portion
of Bowmanville extending approximately 1.2 km to the west limit of
Lot 17 . These include major commercial development proposals. As
a "King's Highway" , this portion of the road is subject to a number
of standards and regulations stipulated by the Ministry of
Transportation. This includes such matters as setbacks, drainage,
access points, intersection spacing and signage. The road is also
maintained to Ministry-prescribed specifications .
1.3 The Ministry of Transportation's mandate is purely related to
traffic . As a result these regulations are premised on needs
associated with high-speed traffic usually in non-urbanized areas
connecting urban centres. The municipality, on the other hand, has
a more balanced preview with an interest in the overall development
of the community.
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1.4 The following difficulties are anticipated should this portion of
the roadway remain under Ministry jurisdiction:
i) developers must comply with Ministry regulations for setbacks,
signage and similar criteria in addition to municipal land
use regulations . This inevitably leads to conflicting
requirements and an additional level of approvals which cause
delays and frustrations for the development interests.
ii) As an urban roadway, the Town has an interest in maintaining
a higher level of operational service than the standard
highway. This includes such matters as street cleaning and
more frequent cutting of the grassed areas .
iii) As the area urbanizes, it is staff's position that the
abutting landowners should be responsible to bring the roadway
up to urban design standards, including curb and gutter, storm
sewers and sidewalks . If the Town is not the road authority,
it will have more difficulty enforcing such requirements .
iv) Land use objectives and transportation objectives are closely
inter-related. Neither can be considered in isolation. In
a developing area, the municipality is the more appropriate
road authority since some flexibility may be required to
accommodate urban design objectives with traffic requirements.
2 . OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE COST IMPLICATIONS
2 . 1 At the present time the Ministry is responsible for all capital and
operational costs associated with the road. As noted above, as
urban development proceeds along either side of the roadway, it is
staff's position that these developments should assume the
additional cost of improving the road to urban design standards .
The ongoing maintenance/operational costs are the responsibility
of the appropriate road authority, in this case the Ministry of
Transportation.
2 .2 The portion of Highway No. 2 assumed by the Town is eligible for
provincial subsidies of 50 or 90% for maintenance and operations
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procedures normally practices by the Ministry of Transportation.
The cost of a higher level of service (ie. : illumination, street
cleaning) would be borne 100% by the Town.
The estimated annual costs to the Town to extend the "Connecting
Link" as proposed is as follows:
i) For the items eligible for 90 percent subsidy:
(Culverts, pavement patching, winter maintenance
and line painting) $550.
ii) For the items eligible for 50 percent subsidy:
(Snow removal, spring cleanup) $875.
iii) For the items not eligible for subsidy:
(Ditches, illumination, roadside maintenance,
street cleaning, shoulders & traffic signs) $ 5850.
The total annual cost to the Town of extending the Connecting Link
and applying a higher maintenance standard is $7,275 . 00 .
3 . COMMENTS AND CONCLUSION
3 . 1 There is no indication that the Ministry of Transportation is
willing to consider extending the "connecting link" this at the
present time since it is their intention to transfer jurisdiction
to the Region of Durham. From staff's discussions, the
negotiations to effect this change are at an impasse.
3 .2 The benefits that would accrue to the Town as a result of extending
the "connecting link" are threefold. The Town, as the road
authority, would be better positioned to co-ordinate road design
criteria with land use objectives . Furthermore, the Town could
apply the higher operational and maintenance standards utilized for
the balance of the Bowmanville Urban Area. Lastly, it would
streamline the development process by eliminating another set of
approvals from the Ministry of Transportation. It is staff's
opinion that these benefits would be substantial enough to merit
the additional annual operating cost of $7275 .00 .
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3 . 3 In light of the above, staff recommends that the Ministry of
Transportation be approached to extend the Bowmanville "connecting
link" easterly an additional three lots . This report has been
prepared jointly with the Director of Public Works who concurs
with the recommendation contained herein.
Respectfully submitted, Recommended for presentation
to the Committee
Franklin Wu, M.C. I .P. Lawrence ,G ;Kotseff
Director of Planning Chief Adfn
and Development Officer
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