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Report To: Planning & Development Committee
Date of Meeting: October 2, 2017
Report Number: PSD-069-17 Resolution:
File Number: PLN 25.1.55 By-law Number:
Report Subject: Renaming of the North Portion of Port Darlington Road to East
Shores Drive
Recommendations:
1.That Report PSD-069-17 be received;
2.That staff be authorized to take appropriate steps for the renaming of the portion of Port
Darlington Road from Lake Road and to the south boundary of the Hydro One Corridor,
as East Shores Drive;
3.That affected property owners and business tenants receive a goodwill payment
recognizing the inconvenience and time associated with the street name change
identified in Report PSD-069-17;
4.That a copy of this report and Council’s decision be forwarded to the Durham Regional
Police Service and the Durham Regional Planning and Economic Development
Department; and
5.That all interested parties listed in Report PSD-069-17 and any delegations be advised
of Council’s decision.
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Municipality of Clarington
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Report Overview
The conclusions of the Port Darlington Road Environmental Assessment has resulted in a
continuous arterial road that extends from Lake Road curves into the Hydro One corridor
and connects to an approved street in the Lakebreeze subdivision. This optimal alignment
includes the north segment of Port Darlington Road. The southerly segment of Port
Darlington Road will connect at an intersection with the new arterial road. It is proposed that
the northerly segment of Port Darlington Road be renamed East Shores Drive, which would
provide for a consistent name for this new road from Lake Road to its terminus at the south.
1. Background
Port Darlington Neighbourhood is currently being developed by Kaitlin under the market
name Lakebreeze. It will eventually include approximately 1900 residences and 3000
people. The Neighbourhood Secondary Plan provided for a new Type C arterial road to
access the neighbourhood utilizing the Hydro One corridor, thereby providing for an
efficient transportation link to the new neighbourhood from Lake Road and minimizing
traffic using the substandard zig-zag alignment of the existing Port Darlington Road near
the marina.
The new road was anticipated to connect to Port Darlington Road at a 90 degree T-
intersection south of West Beach Road intersection. Within the Lakebreeze subdivision,
this road connection has been named East Shores Drive.
2. Port Darlington Road Environmental Assessment
Engineering Services Department has been undertaking an Environmental Assessment
for this new road. In July 2016, five optional alignments for this new road were
presented at a PIC. The alignment scenarios all provided for realigning West Beach
Road to connect with East Shores Drive with a roundabout at Port Darlington Road.
Alternative 1 is shown in Figure 1 below.
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Figure 1 – Environmental Assessment Alternative 1 – July 2016
After further study, a new and preferred alignment was determined that provided for an
alignment along the south side of the corridor rather than the north side. The revised
alignment was to accommodate concerns of Hydro One to avoid high voltage towers but
it also minimized the impacts on private property, impact on wildlife habitat, provided
better traffic flow and means fewer changes to the intersection with West Beach Road.
The revised alignment incorporates a continuous route from Lake Road through the
hydro corridor and into the plan of subdivision. The southerly segment of Port Darlington
Road connects at a T intersection on the curve. (See Figure 2 below).
Figure 2: Environmental Assessment - Recommended alignment –February 2017
The new alignment has resulted in a reconsideration of the street names for the area.
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3. Discussion
From a street-naming perspective, this is somewhat akin to the current situation for
Waverley Road. In staff’s view, it would be better for the continuous route, which will
carry the majority of the traffic into the new neighbourhood, to have the one name. It is
also important that Port Darlington Road be maintained as the road that passes through
the historic Port Darlington. It is thus proposed that the north end of the existing Port
Darlington Road from Lake Road to the Hydro Corridor be renamed East Shores Drive
connecting through the hydro corridor to the street within the Lakebreeze plan of
subdivision
One residential property and three industrial properties would be affected by the street
renaming. The street numbers would be unaffected. Property owners and tenants
would receive a goodwill payments for the inconvenience and time associated with the
street name change. The segment of the proposed renaming is shown on Figure 3.
Figure 3: The Entire Route of the New Street
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Through previous staff report PSD-0-1 , Council authorized the use of nautical
names for the Lakebreeze development. Additionally, staff were authorized to take
appropriate steps to rename Port Darlington Road to Port Darlington Boulevard as it
connected to form a continuous waterfront promenade from Port Darlington to Bennett
Road. At the Environmental Assessment PIC, there was opposition to changing the
suffix. One other direction from PSD-0-1 was the renaming of a connec ting portion of East
Beach Road that was constructed to facilitate the new waterfront park to Port Darlington
Road. This provides for a continuous use of Port Darlington Road across the
Bowmanville waterfront from the Bowmanville Creek to Bennett Road. The street
renaming results address renumbering for four properties.
Following authorization, staff will take the next steps to:
Circulate the proposal to the Region for their comments;
Hold a Public Information Centre for area residents at Port Darlington Marina on October
25th, 2017; and
Schedule a Public Meeting at the Planning and Development Committee for November
13thto receive public input on the recommended street name changes.
4.Conclusion
The development of the Port Darlington Neighbourhood necessitates the introduction of
a minor arterial road to optimize the transportation system. The Environmental
Assessment has concluded that a continuous arterial road extend from Lake Road
through the Hydro One corridor to the Lakebreeze subdivision. It is proposed that the
existing segment of Port Darlington Road at the north end be renamed to East Shores
Drive to provide a continuous street name from top to bottom.
5. Strategic Plan Application
Not applicable.
Municipality of Clarington
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Submitted by: Reviewed by:
David Crome, MCIP, RPP, Andrew C. Allison, B. Comm, LL.B
Director of Planning Services CAO
Staff Contact: Bob Russell, Planner II, 905-623-3379 ext. 2421 or brussell@clarington.net
DC/BR/CP/tg
The following is a list of the interested parties to be notified of Council’s decision:
Lino Trombino, Durham Planning & Economic Development
Sue Sartain, Durham Regional Police
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