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Director's Report to Public Works Committee of December 5, 1980.
ITEM: WD-172-80.
DATE: November 27, 1980.
SUBJECT: Resolution # W-398-80.
Policy for Unmaintained Road Construction.
BACKGROUND:
In the past, it has been the practice of the Town to establish
formal Policies by Resolution of Committee and adoption by
Council, and such has been the case in regard to the Policy
for Unmaintained Road Construction.
The Policy to which reference is made was originally formalized
in 1975 (Resolution # W-485-75 & W-486-75) and, latterly, was
updated by Resolution # W-398-78, as follows:
Raotuti.on # W-398-78:
"THAT the Town w.i,U not undeAtake the eonstAucti_on
o6 any unma,i ntained Aoad 6orc a pen i.od o4 24 move
and, 4ufLMet, the Town wiU not, within the 24-
month pelt i.od, u ses ume 4on maintenance putcpo s ens any
t addit i,ona t trtoad,6, save and except those which ate
eovztAueted by otheu, at no cost to the Town, under
a Subdivizion Agtceement, The Loca.2 TmpAovement Act
o& pA vate entetepA i 6 e, p&o vided that the noad,s 5o
conzttrueted meet the Dezign Ctr i teAi.a and Conzttcuet-
ion Standatcd,5 AequjAed by the Town and that att
appticati.ons 6oA imptementat i.on o4 the Pot i c y must
be appuved by the Municipat ty and be in aeeo&dance
with the pAov,i6iows o4 the app&opAiate Zoning By-Law
and eon6o&m to the Devetopment Pot icy as 5tated in
the 0 4 4iciak Han".
REPORT:
The foregoing Policy has been of considerable benefit to the
Municipality in that it enables the Town to determine and con-
trol development and, when requests for road construction are
received from the private sector, the Policy provides specific
guidelines for consideration by the individual.
WD-172-80 (2)
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Report, continued. . .
The above Policy would, under normal circumstances, have been
updated in November, 1980, to ensure uninterrupted continuation
of the establisi'led practice; however, as there was no Conrdttee
Meeting at the appropriate time, this was not done.
RECONgRMTION:
THAT the Policy for Unmaintained Road Construction,
as previously established, be extended for a period
of two years.
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