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GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca ST-GUILLAUME, ONE OF THE BUSIEST ROADS IN COUNTIES designed to handle his vehicle’s weight load. &WFSZUXPPSUISFFZFBST 6$13QVCMJD works department does a 24-hour traffic count assessment for every county road. The monitoring takes place during spring, summer and autumn, and the electronic monitor used is able to determine if vehicles passing over the counter are ordinary pas- senger vehicles or heavy transports. i8IFSFUIFSFJTNPSFUSBGàD uTBJE$MFS - mont, “we do the count more often.”
There are some county roads that see higher numbers of vehicles, which means more planning attention needed from counties public works staff to pre- vent “snail’s pace” driving situations. “Traffic is like water in the pipes,” said Marc Clermont, public works director for the United Counties of Prescott and Russell public works department (UCPR). “If it’s stuck somewhere, it will find another way for it to go.” For Clermont and his staff, the challenge is figuring out where the potential “blockage” points might occur, how they might happen, and then make future upgrade plans to pre- vent those blockages from occurring. They also need to work out the best detour routes to handle temporary shutdowns of county road sections because of major accidents or other unexpected situations. Clermont noted that the key point with set- ting up a detour is to divert the heavy truck traffic, along with any drivers from outside of the area, along a safe and appropriate route. Local residents, he observed, know the local roads and are better able to figure an alternate route to get where they are going. But the driver of a tractor-trailer unit, who is unfamiliar with the area, could end up taking what he thinks is a possible detour route, but instead, end up on a backcountry or residential neighborhood road which is not
The numbers provide a “snapshot” view of traffic numbers for that particular 24-hour period and can serve as the overall average daily estimate for entire year. UCPR staff review the traffic counts on a regular basis as part of planning for future road maintenance and upgrade needs. Top Five Traffic Routes For all routes throughout Prescott and Russell counties, there are various factors which will affect both the day-to-day traffic numbers and the annual average. Those factors include seasonal situations like summer vacation, three-day weekends, or if a route is a major commuter link between UIF6$13BOE0UUBXB0SMÊBOT&WFOXFBUIFS conditions, like winter snow storms, can affect the amount of traffic on any one road. “Obviously County Road 17 is the high- est,” said Clermont, regarding the top five busiest routes through Prescott-Russell. Traffic along County Road 17 numbers in the five-digit figures on a regular basis. The former-provincial highway remains a key
L’achalandage sur certaines routes de Prescott et Russell est beaucoup plus élevé que sur d’autres routes. Cette situation exige une planification particulière de la part des Comtés unis de Prescott et Russell afin d’éviter que la circulation tourne au ralenti. Les cinq routes les plus achalandées de Prescott-Russell se trouvent toutes dans le comté de Russell, une situation qui s’expliquerait par le déplacement de résidents de la région qui se rendent travailler à Ottawa tous les jours. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
UPNPSFUIBOBMPOHUIF/PUSF%BNF 4USFFUTFDUJPOJO&NCSVOWJMMBHFEVSJOHUIF 2016 traffic count. Third on the list is County Road 2, also known as Russell Road, along the section from the village of Cheney towards the high- way connections with Ottawa. The 2016 traffic count showed that more than 10,000 vehicles follow that route. Fifth on the list is the Landry Road section of County Road 8 in the City of Clarence- Rockland. Last year’s traffic count noted an average of almost 5700 vehicles for this section of road. One reason, Clermont observed, for the numbers is that many people use it as part of a bypass route for their commute to and from Ottawa. They follow Landry onto Baseline Road, which intersects with Canaan Road, which lets out at the intersection where County Road 17 becomes Highway 174.
traffic link between Ottawa and the Greater Horseshoe Region of Toronto and its sur- rounding satellite towns and cities, and also between Ottawa and Montréal. The rest of the PR Top Five Traffic Routes MJTUFOUSJFTBSFBMMJO3VTTFMM$PVOUZ/VNCFS two and four are both in Russell Township. They are County Road 28, also known as 4BJOU(VJMMBVNF 3PBE BOE /PUSF%BNF 4USFFUJO&NCSVO County Road 28 connects the township to Highway 417, the main commuter route to Ottawa, and the traffic numbers ranged from 8000 to 12,500 per day during the last USBGàDDPVOUJO/PUSF%BNF4USFFUJT part of County Road 3, which extends from UIF7JMMBHFPG4BJOU*TJEPSFJO5IF/BUJPO Municipality west to the boundary between Prescott-Russell and Ottawa at Route 41. Traffic numbers for County Road 3 ranged from 6000 near the Village of Casselman
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Maintenant que le printemps est fina- lement arrivé, plusieurs cyclistes pren- dront d’assaut les routes de la région. Le détachement de Russell de la Police provinciale de l’Ontario (PPO) rappelle donc aux cyclistes qu’ils doivent rester vigilants et suivre les règlements de la route. « Les cyclistes sont tenus de partager la route avec d’autres véhicules, a fait valoir la constable Melissa Bouchard. Les cyclistes doivent toujours rouler avec la circulation, rester aussi à droite que possible et utiliser des signaux manuels pour alerter les autres utilisateurs de la route de leurs actions. » %FQMVT MBMPJFYJHFRVFUPVUFTMFTQFS - sonnes de moins de 18 ans portent un casque. Mais, pour des raisons de sécurité, la PPO recommande à tous les cyclistes de porter un casque en tout temps. jø/PVTSBQQFMPOTÊHBMFNFOUBVYDZDMJTUFT
de se conformer aux règlements locaux concernant la conduite sur le trottoir. Cela pourrait ne pas être autorisé dans votre municipalité, a ajouté Mme Bouchard. Les conducteurs doivent laisser au moins un mètre de distance lorsqu’ils dépassent un cycliste. Selon le code de la route, une infraction à ce chapitre pourrait coûter 110 $. Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding cyclists that they must stay alert and follow the rules of the road. —archives With warmer weather on the way and more cyclists taking to the streets, the Russell County Detachment of the Ontario
Fin mai dernier, Daniel Nadon, propriétaire de Daniel’s No Frills, à Casselman, a organisé un barbecue afin d’amasser des dons pour la Banque alimentaire Casselman Food Bank. Ils étaient nombreux à répondre à l’appel puisque 300$ ont été recueillis, grâce à la générosité des gens de la communauté. On voit ici M. Nadon remettant ce montant à Cécile Gauthier, de la Banque alimentaire.
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