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Highways minister confirms money for County Road 17
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
In 2008, both the provincial and fede- ral governments declared they would each provide $40 million for rebuilding the County Road 17/Highway 174 link between Rockland and Orléans to four-lane status. Today’s announcement fromDel Duca pro- mises $40million in provincial funding just for revamping the County Road 17 portion of the route. Ward 1 councillor Jean-Marc Lalonde, who lobbied the province for years on the highway improvement issue when he was Glengarry-Prescott-Russell’s Liberal MPP, noted that Del Duca’s announcement re- presents a doubling of the provincial govern- ment’s previous commitment to upgrading the County Road 17 section of the highway connection between Rockland and Orléans- Ottawa. His sole concern now is that similar funding be available for the Highway 174 portion, which belongs to the City of Ottawa, to avoid traffic congestion problems at the Canaan Road intersection where the two halves of the highway connector meet. BothDel Duca and Desjardins noted that discussion continues with the City of Ottawa about expansion of the Highway 174 section up to the TrimRoad intersection in Orléans. “I’m sure other people are going to get on board,” said Desjardins. “We can’t have four lanes stop at Canaan Road. As long as I’m in office, I’ll keep asking. But right now the federal and provincial governments both seem to want to cooperate. We’ll just have to see what details come out.”
Plans for four-laning County Road 17 through Rockland are still on the table and now the provincial government has confirmed funding support for the project. Ontario Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca rolled into Rockland June 16 to an- nounce $40million for upgrading the nine- kilometre stretch of county road between the Landry and Canaan Road intersections east and west of town. “We are here as a committed funding partner,” said Del Duca, during an afternoon news conference in response to questions about whether the federal government will also provide matching funds. “I anticipate there will be other funding partners at the table.” Del Duca confirmed the $40 million is part of the 2016 provincial budget plan that includes a $2.1 billion infrastructure impro- vement program. The minister expressed hope that construction on widening the nine-kilometre section of County Road 17 could begin as early as autumn 2019, depen- ding on how fast the design and construction tendering processes went. «This is exactly the time we have to strike to get it right,” said Del Duca, adding that all three levels of government are in agreement on the need to deal with critical infrastruc- ture improvements. “These investments will help grow our province.”
It was a happymeeting betweenOntario Transportationminister StevenDel Duca (right) and Clarence-Rocklandmayor Guy Desjardins when theminister drove into Rockland June 16 to confirm $40 million in provincial funding for future reconstruction work on County Road 17 to expand that section of the route through Rockland to four-lane status. Former MPP Jean-Marc Lalonde, nowWard 1 councillor, has been lobbying the provincial government for years for upgrading of the route connecting Rockland with Orléans. Now begins the wait to see if similar funding comes through for the Highway 174 connection with County Road 17. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
The County Road 17 expansion project, when it begins, will be under the manage- ment of the United Counties of Prescott- Russell. Warden Guy Desjardins, who is also mayor of Clarence-Rockland, expressed
thanks to the minister for the funding an- nouncement. “I think it’s very good,” Desjardins said during amedia scrum. “Finally we’re seeing some light.”
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