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Paving plan proposed for Prescott-Russell Trail
tourism sector by providing more incentive for cyclists from outside the region to come and use the PRRT. It would also be a boon to community health by encouraging more people, individuals and families, to use the trail for recreational walks and cycling. It can also serve as an alternate transporta- tion route for some people, who would go biking along the trail to their destinations within Prescott or Russell counties instead of driving their cars. What the counties council must consider now, Déoux noted, is what kind of improve- ments to consider for the trail and how to budget for them. Paving the entire length of the trail would cost an estimated $6.5 million while repairs and limited upgrades for the entire trail would be about $1 million. Paving of the trail shoulder for the entire length of the trail is estimated at about $64,000. The report recommends a two-year plan for paving priority sections of the trail along with creation of an annual maintenance budget for the PRRT. Another recommen- dation is for a review in 2020 of the overall condition and use of the trail when the VIA lease arrangement for the trail route comes up for renewal and for the UCPR to look into confirming future linkages with exist- ing community cycling trail networks in the neighbouring Greater Ottawa and Montréal areas. The counties council voted to receive the report for future review and recommenda- tions from its own advisory committees.
GREGGCHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
L’ORIGNAL | Cycling along the Prescott- Russell Trail is becoming more popular and what more cyclists want to see is pavement on the trail. A consultant’s report to the United Coun- ties of Prescott-Russell council (UCPR) fea- tured four recommendations regarding the future of the Prescott-Russell Recreation Trail (PRRT). Patrick Déoux, senior project manager for McCormick Rankin, told the counties council during its Oct. 9 commit- tee of the whole session, that paving and other future improvements to the trail would benefit the entire region in several ways. “There needs to be cooperation between the municipalities,”Déoux said. Improving the trail would benefit the L’ORIGNAL | The counties have a little more control over a little more of the Larose Forest. The United Counties of Prescott-Russell purchased some private forest land adja- cent to the Larose Forest. The purchase helps consolidate the com- munity forest’s core holdingwhich amounts to 18,000 acres of protected woodland. Larose Forest grows
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