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THE BRUSSELS POST, JULY 6, 1977 —11
ouncd adopts long range road .program
Huron. County council adopted
a long range $9.2 million road
program at its Friday session and • • will budget for the items in the
report as money and needs
determine in the next few years.
Nodeviation from the plan will be
made without council approval.
Jim Britnell, county engineer,
outlined the report that details 54
miles of road construction at
about $4.1 million, 70.5 miles of
road resurfacing at about $2.8
million and construction of four
bridges at $1.2 million.
Mr, Britnell told council that
compared to other counties in the
province the Huron road system
was in above average condition.
He said the road system was
compared to other counties to try
to determine the amount of
subsidy the provincial ministry of
ransportation and communica-
ion will chip in to Huron's road
work,.
The engineer said that accord-
ng to ministry rules the county
has only about $2.5 million worth
of road work that is deficient now
or will be in the next five years.
He said some counties in western
Ontario have about $15 million
worth of bad roads. He said the
comparison to other counties was
admirable in that Huron has one
of the better road systems in
western Ontario but added that
Luise Hermanutz and Sandra
inlay are involved with planning
nd maintaining nature trails at
he Hullett Wildlife Management
rea, for the Ministry of Natural
esources, under the supervision
Rene Jones,
These girls clean up the
zisting trails, and ensure the
rails are easy to follow by making
igns, clipping branches, etc.
andra and Luise are also in the
ocess of planning new trails.
hey have to survey the bush,
entifying the points of interest,
arking and clearing, the new
rails. These trails are being
veloped for the "enjoyment,
elaxation, stimulation and
notion", for visitors.
Luise and Sandra are setting
he trails .up in loop systems: The
op systems allow families to
ke long or short walks,
epending on the children's ages,
they can enjoy the trail.
Pamphlets .have been prepared
the nature enthusiast,
hotographer or cross country
ler. Each trail has a separat e
amphlet containing wildlife
ses, interesting plants and
Luise (23) a resident of 77A
uke, Street, Guelph, is a
aduate from the University of
uelph, with her Bachelor, of
fence in Botany. She is
alining to return for her
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council would have to dig deeper
in its own pocket to keep the
system up.
The province set up criteria
used to determine road conditions
as, part of a restraint program
aimed at keeping costs down and
roads in good shape. Mr. Britnell
said however that in. Huron the
restraint program limits the
amount of work that can be taken
on if the county does not spend
any money above what they need
to match the ministry subsidy.
He explained that this year the
ministry felt that only $2.5 million
need be taken op and of that nine
percent or $225,000. is the figure
used to calculate the subsidy. If
the county limited its construction
to the $225,000 it would be doing
slightly more than two miles work
per year.
- The engineer said in his report
that while some county roads are
below standards acceptable to
him and council no work will be
done unless money permits. He
said the long range forecast will
be followed as possible and any
deviation from the plan will be
with council's approval.
The County Engineer said the
county bridges are in good shape
and noted that the only bridge on
a county road that is deficient is
Forresters Bridge near Holmes-
Masters in Systematics.
Sandra (19) a resident of
Lucknow, is a grade 13 graduate
of F.E.Madill Secondary School in
Wingham. Sandra has been
accepted at the Centralia
Agricultural College of Food and
Technology. She plans to study
Animal Health Technology.
We invite all n ature enthus-
iasts to come and enjoy the trails.
Sandra and Luise suggest all
hikers come prepared; wear long
pants, shoes, and use insect
repellant.
vine, He said the long bridge over
the Maitland River would
probably cost $500,000 to replace
and until the traffic pattern on the
bridge changes drastically he
would not recommend its
replacement.
Hullett deputy reeve Joe Hunk-
ing asked the engineer why there
is a six ton load limit on Ball's
Bridge if no bridge in the county
is deficient.
Mr. Britnell pointed out that
the bridge safety is calculated
under ministry criteria the same
as roads and is based on the
traffic pattern on the road. He
said the ministry did not consider
that bridge deficient because of
the road it was on adding that if it
were on a busier road it would be
replaced.
He said the load limit is
calculated so that any margin of
Huron County had one of the
lowest farm related accident rates
with only 28 injuries reported last
year.
Statistics recently released by
the Farm Safety Association of
Ontario reported 11.7 percent of
the total 1936 lost-time injuries in
agriculture occurred in Haldi-
mand-Norfolk county.
Larry Swinn, senior safety
consultant for the Association,
'says the main reason for the large
number of injuries is the concen-
tration of tobacco, fruit and
vegetable operations in the
county. These operations which
employ large numbers of seasonal
unskilled workers have tradition-
ally reported high numbers of
agricultural injuries.
The statistics showed most of
the accidents in Haldimand-
Norfolk occurred in August and
September, corresponding to the
harvest season.
York county ranked second in
agricultural lost-time injuries. A
total of 194 .or 10 percent of
Ontario's agricultural injuries
occurred in that county.
The intensity of horticulture,
error is on the safe side. He said
the limit is designed to scare
people into safe practice and that
he knows of one bridge that has a
low load limit that regularly is,
crossed with an 18 ton load. He
'said that practice is neither safe
nor right but pointed out that
under ideal conditions and the
proper driving habits a bridge can
hold a far greater amount than if
it is crossed fast or accelerated
on.
Mr. Britnell said that some
county roads that are now gravel
need paving according to some
ratepayers but explained that for
the ministry to subsidize paving
the road must have more than 400
cars a day travel on it. He said he
and the road committee felt that
figure was high adding that no
county gravel road has that kind
of traffic and so none are eligible
landscape and fruit and vegetable
operations is part of the reason
for the number of injuries in that
county, according to Mr. Swinn.
"Horticulture and landscape
industries accounted for 22 per-
cent of agricultural lost-time
injuries in 1976," says Mr.
Swinn.
Elgin county, part of Ontario's
tobacco belt, ranked third in
agricultural injuries. More than 6
percent or 125 of the total injuries
occurred there.
Niagara county, famed for fruit
and vegetable production,
accounted for 5.7 percent or 110
of Ontario's agricultural injuries.
Although there is a relationship
between commodities and the
number of accidents, Mr. Swinn
says most of the injuries occurred
in intensive farming counties. •
The number of farm injuries
reported for other Ontario
counties were: Oxford, 98;
for, subsidy.
The engineer said that if the
county continues to budget in the
next five or ten years as they have
in the past, the work on the long
range forecast should be
completed. 'He said the severe
winter of 1977 forced the county
to "rob" money from road
construction to pay the high cost
of snow removal and if that
doesn't happen again and the
county increases the budget 10
percent annually„te cover inflation
about 10 mile of road could be
resurfaced each year.
He said that if the county does
not take on the improvement
annually the roads will
deteriorate to the point where
resurfacing will not fix them and
possibly the ministry will deny
subsidy dollars saying they are
not interested if the county is not.
lowest
Ottawa-Carleton, 93; Middlesex,
92; Essex, 87; Wentworth, 76;
Halton, 72; Simcoe, 71; Peel, 68;
Waterloo, 67; Brant, 58; Durham,
46; Kent, 42; Perth, 33; Bruce,
33; Grey, 29; Huron, 28; Welling-
ton, 28; Prescott, 27; Lambton,
23; Northumberland, 23;
Hastings, 17; Russell, 16; Glen-
garry, 15; Prince Edward, 13;
Leeds, 13 and Dundas, 12.
Counties reporting less than 12
farm injuries in 1976 were:
Kenora, Lanark, Lennox and
Addington, • Manitoulin,
Muskoka, Nippissing, Ontario,
Algoma, Dufferin, Frontenac,
Grenville, Haliburton, Parry
Sound, Peterborough, Rainy
River, Renfrew, Stormont,
Sudbury, Timiskaming, Thunder
Bay, Victoria and Cochrane.
Statistics were compiled by the
Farm Safety Association of
Ontario in cooperation with the
Workmen's Compensation Board.
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Huron County
Accident rate