HomeMy WebLinkAboutGoderich Signal Star, 2017-03-15, Page 3Huron County council approves plan
to pave shoulders of county road
A section of County Road 31 will
soon have paved shoulders to better
accommodate cyclists and joggers
along the well -travelled route
Sheila Pritchard Goderich does put on some
Special to the Postmedia events, multiple times a
Network year, where this section of
road gets used also."
Huron County council has MacLellan says the road is
approved a project to pave set to be re -paved this year,
the shoulder of a pictur- so if it the county doesn't
esque county road to pro- proceed with this plan now,
vide a path for cyclists for the opportunity won't pre -
joggers. The selected section sent itself again for another
includes 6.6km on County twenty years. By paving the
Road 31 and runs from the shoulder the county also
top of the hill in Saltford to eliminates the cost of having
Falls Reserve Line at to re -gravel the shoulder, he
Benmiller. adds.
That section of road is a This project will benefit
scenic route and iswell-trav- the community in more
elled by both cyclists and than one way, says MacLel-
joggers, so it would get lots lan. "So it's two things:
of exposure, says Councillor One, it's to do with the
Bernie MacLellan. cycling strategy that the
"The discussion that hap- county has been working
pened in county council on, and also there's the
was that this section of road safety factor."
does get used a fair bit by It could take up to a cou-
cyclists and joggers. And pie of years to determine if
sometimes the Town of paving the shoulders in this
area is a good idea, MacLel-
lan says. But, if it is, it could
be a compelling tourism
draw for the county. It could
also be the beginning of cre-
ating a network of roads
with paved shoulders that
would connect to points of
interest like the Goderich to
Guelph Trail, creating a
popular cycling, jogging,
and hiking locale in the
county.
"[Tourism) is not in the
motion itself, but we cer-
tainly did talk about it from
an economic development
standpoint, yes. And, for
tourism—bringing people
into the area that are inter-
ested in that—we're trying
to give them a safe location
along the county roads,
and there's kind of a loop
[trail] there that they can
do."
The start date for this pro-
ject is yet to be determined,
says MacLellan. "Once
approval is given it's
between Public Works
Department and Lavis [Con-
tracting Company]."
Wedresday, March 15, 2017 • Signal Star 3
Sheila Pritchard/special to
the Postmedia Network
The section of
County Road 31
that will have paved
shoulders runs from
the top of the hill in
Saltford to Benmiller.
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Cowbell's building on Highways 4 and 25 has erected quickly and is on target for being open
. late this summer.
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