This time of year always sparks an increase in calls from people with concerns about the condition of their roads - the wet weaterh will often affect the condition of our rural roads. I recently met with a group of residents of a particular road in the south-west corner of the Township who have been living with very difficult conditions of their road for quite a number of years.
The challenge is: when I got home that night I received a phone call from another resident who lives on another road in the area, who asserted that his road was in far worse condition. I agree with both sides, that their roads need some immediate care and attention.
We as a Township need to do a number of things better. The first thing is we need to make it far more public and clear what our 10-year plans are. Often times when residents call with concerns about their roads they are surprised to hear that we have short and long range plans to work on a particular road.
The second thing is that we need to better understand the specific issues of each road in particular areas and what causes the issues we see; is the gravel that we used "dirty"? Is there a better time to grade the road? Should we limit the tonnage that travels on a particular road?
These are some things that we need to address to solve some of our rural road issues.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
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