Thanks to a million dollar surplus in Huntsville’s 2017 roads capital budget, three projects that were scheduled for next year will instead be completed this fall.
Crews will begin high float (paving) work on a section of North Mary Lake Road from civic address 1147 to the end of the road in the next few weeks, then move on to the entirety of White House Road, and finally a 3.5 kilometre section of Harp Lake Road, assuming there are no unforeseen surprises that affect the budget, said Steve Hernen, Director of Operations and Protective Services for the Town of Huntsville.
Last weekend brought some unexpected road repairs when a beaver dam let go and caused a washout on Lindgren Road. That work was completed as of Monday.
The budget surplus was thanks to grants, District projects that have been cancelled, a newly adopted bridge replacement plan, and project tender pricing that came in below the approved budget.
As a result of completing these three projects this year, the roads department will be able to include other projects from future years in its 2018 plan. To make that process more efficient, Huntsville’s Town Council ratified a resolution in July to allow roads staff to move future projects from the approved capital plan into the current budget year. In the past, the department has had to seek council approval for such changes.
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So pleased to see North Mary Lake Road getting resurfaced. I appreciate the fairness I have observed over the years regarding what roads the Town of Huntsville schedules for repair work. Balancing a good road system and maintaining reasonable tax rates has to be one of the most demanding tasks faced by our Town officials. Given frost and freezing and the extent of baserock in this area, I find it remarkable that so many of our roads are in such fine shape. Hats off to the women and men who make this possible in our part of beautiful Muskoka..
The money waste patching potholes over and over and over, could be used to repave it and be done with it for a few years. Like the top of Chaffey Township Road. Maybe we can bring our repair bills for our cars in to the town to get refunded. My just got new struts from continuous travel 5, 6 times a day. $427.00 later.
I have to agree with Ruth; Old North Road has been if horrible condition for years and keeps getting worse. Patching all the pot holes has become n exercise in futility as they washout again as soon as we get a decent rain storm (a regular occurrence this year. If it gets much worse it will be like some of the roads we drove on in Kenya – where local residents finally gave up on their municipality and were trying to repair the road themselves.
I thought Forest Glen Road was to be resurfaced? This road is terrible pot holes falling apart on the edges. I guess they are just waiting for someone to get caught in a sink hole.
Old north rd.has been ‘patched ‘ 4 times this season. How bad does our road need to be!
Thank you
Potholes, continuing washouts and plugged culverts protruding by half through the 20-year-old, disintegrating tar-sprayed gravel – more patches than tarmac – non-existent ditches, and overhanging tree branches requiring school buses to stop to allow cars to pass, all characterise Concession 4/5 Road West, Brunel. I’ve driven better third-world out island roads on Andros, Bahamas. Reconstruction in 2022, really?
As a White House Road resident, I am very very happy to read this. Where the road goes through the swamp, the old corduroy road is coming to the surface, and the surface is pitted as heck. So long as no one’s coming the other way I do a kind of giant slalom to avoid potholes and bumps. The other end, which slopes, got hit pretty hard by washouts this past spring. It’s been nice to see the ditching and culvert replacement being done. Thanks to all who made the date change possible!