HomeMy WebLinkAboutWD-2-81 TOWN OF NEWCASTLE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
Director's Report to Public Works Committee of January 20, 1981.
ITEM: WD-2-81.
DATE: January 6, 1981.
SUBJECT: Road Allowance in Lots 12 - 14, Concession 7,
former Township of Clarke.
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BACKGROUND:
The attached correspondence was referred by the Town Clerk for a
report to this Committee.
The road allowance in question currently receives only minimum
summer maintenance; as stated in the attached, during 1980 Mayor
Rickard and Councillors Barr and Clarke did visit the area and
the correspondent is correct in indicating that the travelled
portion of the road allowance is quite narrow. It would appear
that the now-travelled portion is not totally within the right-
of way.
REPORT:
Without benefit of a Reference Plan it is most difficult to
determine the exact limits of the right-of-way in relation to
the travelled portion of the road allowance.
The attached request is that brush be cleared and the existing
roadside banks be graded off; such clearing would not only ental
brushing but would require that numerous large trees be cut down
and, subsequently, a considerable amount of earth removal. This
would all be necessary in order to increase the width of the
travelled portion of roadway.
RECOMMENDATION:
WHEREAS the road allowance in Lots 12 - 14, Concessions 7 & 8,
former Township of Clarke, is unimproved and only receives
minimum summer maintenance, it is therefore recommended that
the writer be advised of Town Policy.relative to Unmaintained
Road Construction.
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CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF NEWCASTLE
OFFICE OF THE TOWN CLERK
AO TEMPERANCE STREET TELEPHONE 623-3379
BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO
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December 2 1980
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Mr. C. G. Cooper
Box 70
R. R. 2
Newcastle , Ontario
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Dear Mr. Cooper : j
Thank you for your letter dated November 27 1980 regarding
maintenance of road allowance.
I am sending a copy of your letter to the Director of Public
Works for a report to the Public Works Committee and Council .
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We shall advise you of the outcome in due course.
Yours very truly ,
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JMM: nof Joseph M. MCI!lroy , A.M.CA.
Town C.lerk6/
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cc : Mr . J. Dunham,
Director of Public Works
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Mr. Joe McIlroy, Clerk,
Town of Newcastle,
40 Temperance St. ,
Bowl-aanville, Ontario.
Dear Sir:
Re unimproved section of the 8th line of
Clarke Township, from Jack CarseAdden' s sideroad on the west
to Jack Stapleton' s sideroad on the east, approximately
3/4 of a mile.
This section of road is not much better than
a trail through the woods. It is very narrow, just wide
enough for a car, and has never been brushed up injears.
We have approximately 1/2 mile of farm land
fronting on the road and Jack Stapleton has about 1/4 mile
fronting on it.
This section of road is travelled quite
heavily in the summer and fall months by the neighbours to
get to 435 and 0115 highway. I use it myself to truck hay
and wood out, and it is quite dangerous if you happen to meet
another car on the brow of the hill or on a bend in the road
as you have to back up to got a place wide enough to pass.
In the post, we have had MAyor Rickard, Bill Clarke,
Keith Barr and Jack Dunham look the situation over but
nothing has been done so far.
We uhdorstand the policy on unimproved roads
is under review and we would ask that this section of road
(being a Concession road) be given careful consideration in
the next few months to having it brushed back to the fences and
the banks graded off so that it would be safe to travel.
Thanking you for any consideration,
Y )urs truly,