[New] South Frontenac Road Needs Study

by Wilma Kenny

n April of this year, WSP Golder engineers visually inspected 564 Township road segments which included road ID, location, surface type, traffic demand, class, length and width. Their inspection and rating system followed the Ministry of Transportation Ontario Guidelines for Municipal Roads Condition Assessment, and listed road condition, recorded surface distresses and riding condition and assigned Pavement Condition Index (PCI) to all roads..

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Representatives of WSP Golder presented the results of this inventory review to Council, at a meeting of the Committee of the Whole on December 13. Overall, the study determined that the 75% of the Township roads which are either hot mix asphalt or surface treated were in “good” condition, and compare favourably to similar size municipalities, but the 25% of roads which are gravel rank “fair”

The report was highly technical, not an easy study to interpret.

Councillor Pegrum, saying that roads had been the #1 complaint when he was campaigning, suggested that the report needed to be simplified to be more readable, and 'hit the high points. The general public needs the key findings.”

Troy Dunlop, Manager of Technical Ser-