North Frontenac Council - Oct. 5/10

Jeff Green | Oct 07, 2010

Ragged road to Ragged Chutes

As the current North Frontenac Council winds down its mandate, Beverly and Murray Elliott of Ragged Chutes Lane near Snow Road made a return appearance before Council on September 23.

After owning their property for several years, the Elliotts recently became full time residents on Ragged Chutes Lane, but the moniker “lane” is a bit misleading. The patch of road they live on, which is about 1 km long, is actually classed as an un-maintained township road, not a private lane.

“I don’t see why the township does not provide minimum maintenance on that road,” said Beverly Elliott, adding that if he husband and her want to do the work themselves, they have been told they require a workplace insurance certificate for liability reasons because it is township property.

The road was maintained until 2002 when the maintenance stopped.

“I don't think we can do anything beyond receiving what we've heard this morning for information,” said Mayor Maguire, “given that council has already ruled on this issue once this year. If the new council wants to look at this, then the new council can do so.”

Requests for road maintenance on un-maintained roads, private lanes and crown land access roads became a constant theme at the all-candidates’ meetings that were held in North Frontenac during the final week of September.