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Report 2018-103 Committee Recommend Report To:
Chair and Members of the Community Development Advisory Committee
From:
Richard Allen, Manager of Economic Development
Date of meeting:
August 9, 2018
Re:
Community Development Advisory Committee – K&P Trail Sign Maintenance Policy
Recommendation Be It Resolved That the Council of the County of Frontenac approve the K&P Trail Sign Maintenance policy attached to this report as Appendix A. Background As part of the of the Rural Economic Development Program “Advancing Economic Development in the Frontenacs through Collaboration” it was agreed that consistent trail sign design would be a part of the outcomes achieved through the program. In addition, all new trail development must meet AODA accessibility regulations, so it was determined that signage should be consistent for the length of the K&P Trail. Examples of sign design have been reviewed over the past year by the Community Development Advisory Committee, the Frontenac Municipal Accessibility Committee and County planning staff. Comment The K&P Trail wayfinding signage program has been developed in order to improve user experiences of the trail, address accessibility legislation and to maintain consistent regional messaging and branding between the Kingston K&P Trail and the Frontenac K&P Trail. The scope of work associated with this project consists of the following: (Examples can be found in appendix B)
2 existing Kiosk panel replacements
4 existing “Tall Boy” panel replacements 4 New “Tall Boy” structures 34 Wayfinding signs 43 Arrow signs 55 Kilometer markers
Due to the significant number of signs and the importance of the information provided to users for accessibility, safety and general navigation, staff are recommending a maintenance policy to assist in the long term budget planning for maintenance and replacement. The maintenance policy requires staff to make biannual inspections using GIS software to regularly document the condition of the sign asset. It is anticipated that this policy will be incorporated in a larger set of maintenance standards and incorporated into an updated Trails Master Plan. Sustainability Implications In all that we do in the name of economic development in the Frontenacs, we will live by a set of principles that balance the economy, environment, social, and cultural interest of our communities. Financial Implications The funds for this project are a budgeted program as part of the “Advancing Rural Economic Development through Collaboration” program supported by the Rural Economic Development (RED) program. In addition to the funds above, Planning and Economic Development staff were able to secure additional grant funding from the Trans Canada Trail organization. Replacement of individual signs lost due to damage or vandalism will be accounted for and budgeted through the County’s K&P Trail operational budget. Trail signs will need to be updated and replaced on a 5 – 7 year cycle and will be planned for through the County’s asset management program. Organizations, Departments and Individuals Consulted and/or Affected Susan Brant, Treasurer
Recommend Report to Community Development Advisory Committee Community Development Advisory Committee – K&P Trail Sign Maintenance Policy August 9, 2018
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Corporate Policy & Procedure Manual
Revision Date:
Subject:
Trail Sign Maintenance Plan
Index Number DRAFT Page 1 of 1
Approved:
DRAFT
Effective Date: DRAFT
Policy:
K&P Trail Sign Maintenance
Objective:
This plan ensures that
Assets are regularly inspected for condition, safety, accessibility and compliance with any relevant legislation and/or policy
A system will be in place to capture information regarding sign maintenance and condition
Procedures: Trail Signs will be regularly reviewed to ensure information remains relevant and are in good condition.
- Regular Trail Inspections including signage A Trail Inspector will review the condition of the trail on a weekly or biweekly basis and will regularly update condition of trail related assets in the GIS data base. Assets to be inspected include Trail Surface, Culverts, Road Crossings, Wayfinding Signage and Trail Access Points.
- Bi-Annual Sign Audit During the Spring and Fall seasons, staff will review the condition of all trail signs, identifying the condition of signs and individual replacement requirements.
- Capital Asset Replacement Schedule Trail Signs are included in the Frontenac County Asset Management plan with a replacement cycle of 5-7 years.
The Great Trail via K&P Trail 31
Harrowsmith
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30 km
Harrowsmith Rd.
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The Story of the K&P
Van Order Rd.
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The Kingston and Pembroke Railway (K&P), was a vital piece of infrastructure in the County of Frontenac, influencing settlement patterns and making possible the growth of local industry.
Length of this segment: 6.4 km
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The K&P Railway was established in 1871 through the efforts of a group of Kingston businessmen who intended to gain access to natural resources and potential markets in the north. After work began, other railways in the area made the necessity to build all the way to Pembroke less critical. Accordingly, the K&P Railway was allowed to connect with the Canada Central at any point before Pembroke. In 1884, the K&P was completed to Renfrew, the closest it would come to its namesake community, Pembroke. The anticipated volume of Ottawa Valley traffic never materialized for the K&P Railway, and in 1894 the company fell into receivership. Operation was later assumed by the Canadian Pacific Railway and over time the entire line was abandoned. The final section from Tichborne to Kingston was abandoned in 1986. In the late 1980’s Bell Canada purchased the land to expand its existing communications networks. In 2002, the City of Kingston negotiated with Bell Canada to acquire the former K&P corridor within the city limits, and in December 2007 the Kingston portion of the K&P Trail was officially opened to the public. In 2008, the County of Frontenac acquired many of the remaining sections of the right-of-way to develop the lands for a safe and accessible recreational trail linking the Kingston portion of the K&P at Orser Road to Harrowsmith and then continuing to Sharbot Lake. From The Frontenac K&P Trail Implementation Plan
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Sir John A. Rides the K&P One of the most distinguished travelers on the K&P was Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. MacDonald. During the latter years of his life he travelled on the K&P while attending to the business of the nation, and when he died, it was the K&P which brought him home to rest at Kingston. He died on the sixth of June, 1891, shortly after an election which had returned him to office. The train was draped in black, as were all the stations that lined the route. The train travelled very slowly, as it passed through Parham, Verona and all the rest of the locations along the K&P. Farmers working in their fields stood “hat in hand with bowed heads” as the train passed them.
Unity Rd.
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Sharbot Lake Trans-Canada Trail
Hwy 38
Tichborne Hwy 38
Hwy 38
The funeral train reached Kingston at eleven a.m., but for hours before this, throngs of people had gathered at the K&P station, and at the City Hall. From In Search of the K&P by Carol Bennet and D.W. McCuaig
Westport Rd
Godfrey
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Verona
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Bellrock Rd
km marker km 0 = Confederation Park (Kingston)
Hartington Cataraqui Trail
Cataraqui Trail Harrowsmith Hwy 38
You are Here
Murvale
Orser Rd.
County of Frontenac boundary
A train passing through the countryside, north of Kingston, 1951. Photo by George Lilley. (V25.5 16-176, courtesy of the Queen’s University Archives)
Orser Rd
Unity Rd BurBrook Rd Hwy 401
Hwy 401
Kingston
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Harrowsmith 30
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Railton Rd.
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Murvale Rd.
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K&P at Scanlan Road
Trans-Canada Trail
Hwy 38
Tichborne Hwy 38
This was the ethic of the day: transforming the wild into the cultivated; subduing the unorganized into a controlled place; constructing a landscape that was useful and commodified.
By 1851, whereas 35 per cent of Ontario’s cropland was devoted to wheat, rising to over 50 per cent in some counties, only 15 per cent of Frontenac’s cropland was wheatland. Oats, peas, and hay were more prevalent as they were better suited to the wet and cold soils, as was the raising of cattle, horses, pigs, and sheep.
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Sharbot Lake
For Euro-Canadian societies, forests were thought to be an obstacle to an agriculturally based economy, and a symbolic challenge to a society committed to progress. Indeed, the sound of the axe and the ever-present sight of fires and clouds of smoke on the horizon were symbols of the advance of the presumed cultivated domain of domesticity.
Nature was partitioned into counties, townships, and lots, their theoretical lines on maps soon being rendered on the land by roads, fences and homesteads of a cultivated landscape intended to be devoted to the cultivation of the preferred imperial staple, wheat. But there was a problem: the land.
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The is no doubt that perceptions of land and life have changed in the 21st Century. Formerly regarded as testimony of failure and unfilled hopes and dreams, abandoned homes and the material bric à brac of various failed technologies of resource extraction are now looked upon as rich, story-laden relics of a heroic encounter with an unforgiving land.
Westport Rd
Godfrey
Verona Bellrock Rd Hartington
Excerpted from Encountering Nature in the Frontenacs by Dr. Brian Osborne, Naturally Rich Frontenacs.
Cataraqui Trail
Cataraqui Trail Harrowsmith Hwy 38
You are Here Scanlan Rd.
Murvale County of Frontenac boundary
Orser Rd
Unity Rd Bur Brook Rd Hwy 401
Length of this segment: 9.1 km
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Trail width: Minimum 3m, Average 3m
Hwy 401
Surface type: Gravel
Kingston
60 km
Length of this segment: 2.2 km
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Surface type: Gravel
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No ATVs on this section of the K&P Trail
Oclean Ln. Bridge Gate
58 km
km 0 = Downtown Kingston km 76 = Sharbot Lake
