Municipal
Eight people needed to serve on city’s growth management task force
The city is seeking eight people from the community to serve on its Growth Management Strategy Task Force until this… Continue reading “Eight people needed to serve on city’s growth management task force”
Fifty backyard chicken coop pilot applications now available
Applications for the 2021 Backyard Chicken Coop Pilot Project are now available. The two-year pilot project will allow for residents… Continue reading “Fifty backyard chicken coop pilot applications now available”
Mayor says a Friday re-opening for more businesses is ‘great news’
Today the Province announced that based on the Ontario-wide vaccination rate and key public health indicators, the province will move… Continue reading “Mayor says a Friday re-opening for more businesses is ‘great news’”
Second crossing: Downtown cores can die if too much traffic diverted, says councillor
As cottage season arrives, a staggering 15,000 cars pass through Fenelon Falls on Saturdays. Locals have long wondered when someone’s house will burn down because the volunteer fire department trucks couldn’t get across the bridge.
With these and other concerns in mind, Dillon Consulting staff hosted an on-line webinar recently to present a clear choice from four options under consideration to improve vehicle flow.
City approves an ORV link through Lindsay
Kawartha Lakes council, by a vote of 7-2, decided at their June 1 committee of the whole meeting to recommend only one route for ORVs to travel through Lindsay. Councillor Pat Dunn called the route the best choice “because it was the shortest, safest route with the fewest number of homes impacted.”
The route selected will impact the following streets:
Bocking recommends against ORVs on roads
Dr. Natalie Bocking, medical officer of health for Haliburton Kawartha Pine Ridge District Health Unit, recommended to council that ORVs… Continue reading “Bocking recommends against ORVs on roads”
Busy streets in Lindsay, Bobcaygeon could soon be forced to accommodate ORVs
If the Off-road Vehicle Task Force gets its way, ORVs could soon be permitted on such busy Lindsay streets as Logie, Wellington, Cambridge and Angeline Streets, among many other choices, as a go-through route. Bobcaygeon, too, could see ORV use on some of its main roads.
In what is expected to be another contentious meeting on June 1, Kawartha Lakes council is being asked to approve a new set of off-road vehicle (ORV) routes through Lindsay and Bobcaygeon.
