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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2006 THE NEW TANNER 19 Guelph/Eramosa coun- cil has decided to ask the Canada-Ontario Municipal Rural Infrastructure Fund (COMRIF) for funds to re- build Jones Base Line or the Fifth Line. The application deadline is Sept. 13. Two previous applica- tions saw the municipality receive $1.6 million in fund- ing towards the $2.4 million cost of replacing four area bridges. Once again, local bridg- es, local roads, solid waste management, water and wastewater get priority with selection criteria being based on health and safety, public policy priorities and value for money. Public Works manager Ken Gagnon told council while 23 of the projects approved during the first round of applications were roads, only four roads were approved in the second round of applications, which suggests a lack of support for such projects. Guelph/Eramosa has two set of roads that might meet the criteria but it also has one bridge that might be worth considering. He cautioned that none of the roads might be bad enough to meet COMRIFs criet- eria. The Jones Base Line and Fifth Line are listed as pri- orities in the municipalitys five Year Roads Capital Plan and money has been included in the 2006 bud- get to do surveying and engineering on Jones Base Line. Geotechnical studies on both roads have already been completed this year so doing the additional inspections needed for the application will only cost about $6,000 and could be done quickly, Gagnon said. If council submits Jones Base Line, the application will be for $1.15 million. The Fifth Line application would be for $1.01 mil- lion. Probably the best roads to consider submitting would be either Road 3 or Speedvale from Guelph city limits to County Road 32. However, they too, might not be bad enough to meet the requirements and no preparatory work has been done so Gagnon could make no guesses as to the dollar figure in an appli- cation. The budget would need amending to get that application ready. There are two bridges on the Fourth Line which need replacing but one of them belongs to the CNR and would not be eligible for COMRIF funding. By Maggie Petrushevsky Guelph/Eramosa council has agreed to spend an unbudgeted $9,550 in order to fence a portion of the public works yard at Brucedale to create a secure compound. Public Works manager Ken Gagnon told council Monday that careful control of maintenance gravel and a change in the rules about what materials could be used for dust control has enabled him to save $73,045 from his budget for those materials this year. As a result he has the funds to fence about an acre of the works yard and provide secure storage for trucks and lighter materials which cant be locked in the yards existing six-bay garage. While unrestricted access was use- ful while the Countys recycling depot was located a Brucedale, the bins were removed in June. Creating a secure compound will not create problems for residents now since they have no need to be at the yard during off hours unless they are picking up wood chips from the township stockpile. Council approved Towne and Countrys tender to supply and erect a black vinyl chain link fence for the compound. By Maggie Petrushevsky If Guelph/Eramosa council wants to fix problems with the sidewalk on the bridge in the middle of Rockwood, it cant expect any help from the Ministry of Transpor- tation even thought the MTO owns the bridge. Public Works manager Ken Gagnon told council MTO wont be doing any repairs to the uneven sidewalk on the bridge and will oppose erection of any barrier at the edge of the sidewalk because that would interfere with traffic. Sidewalks are built on MTO right-of- ways under encroachment agreements with municipalities, he said. The municipalities fund them and maintain them. But in this case, no record can be found of any agree- ment concerning the sidewalk over the bridge. MTO is taking the position that an agreement exists even if none can be found. MTOs concern is with the safety of vehicles, not pedestrians, Gagnon told council, so they wont be sharing in any efforts to improve the safety of sidewalks for youngsters who will have to walk to Rockwoods Centennial school this fall. Safety issues have increased in promi- nence since the Upper Grand District School Board announced cancellation of a bus that used to transport younger pupils to school from the south end of the village. Gagnon said the combination of the curve and the narrowing of the lane width at the south-east end of the bridge forces large vehicles dangerously close to the sidewalk. MTO has plans to upgrade the area but not until 2010 or 2011. Slope and alignment issues will be addressed at that time and if the sidewalk is affected, it will be replaced at MTOs expense. But thats no help for now. Gagnon said his staff can repair the un- even sidewalk surface for around $2,000 or less. But that wont do anything to protect children when traffic has to come too close to the sidewalk. If the municipality wanted a barrier between the road and the sidewalk, MTO would oppose it and Gagnon also opposed it. If something was put up it would be hit the first day, he told Coun. Chris White. Surely that just supports our argument about the dangers of the location, White said. Coun. Dave McCrae asked Gagnon to get a copy of MTOs policy about sidewalks and suggested it was time to raise the is- sue with provincial politicians since the bureaucrats worry about vehicles rather than people. He opposed repairing the sidewalk be- cause MTO owns the bridge and he didnt want to create a precedent. Council supported a motion to have the sidewalk repaired anyway as well as pursuing discussions about correcting the dangerous geometry of the location in any way they can. 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