County of Strathcona - Proposed
Range Road 214 Access Corridor
November 2009 - Latest Update
Just thought I'd update you on what's happening with the
corridor. I spoke with the lady who is in charge of the study yesterday. As it
stands they are waiting for budget approval from Council to do the study. A
decision will be made by the beginning of December, 2009.
If the budget request is approved, a Project Manager will be assigned and they
will advertise for a Consultant to do the actual study. This process can take 2
months.
Once the Consultant is hired, they will begin the study which will entail
talking to landowners along the proposed corridor, and Tri-County Snomobile
Club. They may hold Open Houses, Public Hearings, small meetings, or anything
else the consultant comes up with to gather information and opinion on the
corridor.
The Consultant will then make recommendations. There will be several drafts done
with changes made and it brought back to Council. When the final draft is
brought to Council it will likely be a closed session.
Once the final draft is in place it will be tabled at a Public session for
Council to vote on plan for the corridor.
This will take a minimum of 6 months (I'm guessing it will be longer). Next year
is also an election year so that may also lengthen the time it takes to get a
final draft as the new Council will have to be brought up to speed so they can
make an educated decision.
So, you may want to start calling your Councillors to get their support to
approve the budget for the study. If they don't give approval this year, we
will be waiting another year to even get the study started.
Feb 26, 2008 - Link to the
County of Strathcona
Meeting
August 23, 2007
Public
Notice:
Strathcona County,
Legal Snowmobile Access Trail from Cooking Lake to Ministik Lake.
Snowmobile Corridor Assessment Meeting:
Location: Ministik School, Hwy #14 & Range Road 212 (21246 Hwy14)
Date: October 10, 2007
Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Tri-County Snowmobile Club is reviewing a proposal to put before the County of
Strathcona requesting a legal snowmobile access corridor. This
meeting is to see how many residents of the County of Strathcona wish to
see an access corridor (Needs Study) connecting Cooking Lake to
Ministik Lake Bird Sanctuary by way of a legal access corridor down RR214.
This
corridor has been used for over 30 years until recent when the County of
Strathcona closed all
motorized vehicles on county roads or ditches. Tri-County Snowmobile Club is proposing this old
existing corridor,
to legally allow the residents of Strathcona County to access Ministik. By
adding this corridor to the Ministik, Strathcona residents can
access the 65km of maintained, signed & groomed trails that we currently
maintain. Also to legally access the Ministik Gas station on Hwy 14 for
fuel and supplies.
The
trail corridor will be signed, marked and maintained the same as any Alberta
Snowmobile Trail that crosses a hi-way, such as the Iron Horse Trail,
Whitecourt, Edson and many others. Tri-County Snowmobile Club works together
with the R.C.M.P., Special By-law Officers, County of Strathcona to ensure
peoples rights are respected, such as; the right to recreation in your county,
noise, speed, traffic concerns, all to be reviewed and regulated so as to create a
family trail system that is safe for everyone.
If you
live in the Strathcona County and ride on Antler Lake, Hastings Lake, Wanisan
Lake or Cooking Lake and wish to use a trail / access corridor legally, to
access Ministik Lake Bird Sanctuary then please contact your local Councilor and
request support for this corridor. Also bring a friend and attend the Corridor
Assessment Meeting to show your support.
View
the Strathcona County Access
map.
View a close up of Ministik
and RR214
Or at
http://www.tri-county.ab.ca/trails/ministik/RR214_access.htm
Contact
one of the following Strathcona Corridor Access Committee members by leaving an
email at
brianbeebe@shaw.ca
Ministik School Meeting Agenda
Survey Needs Assessment Questions:
- Do residents of County of Strathcona wish to Access Ministik?
- How many residents/snowmobilers signed the support/needs form?
- Will an access corridor such as RR214 serve the needs as a corridor?
- What benefits does it bring to the residents of County of Strathcona?
- What economical benefits does it bring to business owners in the County of
Strathcona such as?
- Ministik Gas Station.
- Hamlets of South & North Cooking
Lake for food and gas.
Tri-Counties input to this study:
- We are looking into a corridor to connect 2 large riding areas Cooking Lake
and Ministik.
- Corridor length is about 3km long, running south of Cooking Lake to Ministik.
- This is a winter corridor connecting two bodies of Ice Surfaces and
unusable other than winter.
- Tri-County maintains the 65km of trails in Ministik and will maintain the
corridor as well.
- The corridor will be signed, maintained and groomed as per the guidelines of
the Alberta Snowmobile Association Trail Manual.
- TCSC will work side by side with the Strathcona R.C.M.P. and Special By-Law
Officers to follow the legal laws and regulations on the corridor such as:
- Drinking and driving
- Snowmobiles are registered and
insured
- Speeding and stunting
- That this becomes a Family Snowmobile Corridor for outdoor recreation within the County
of Strathcona.
- That the acceptance of the corridor does not promote open riding through out
the County of Strathcona.
If your interested in being on the Tri-County RR214 Committee please email
brianbeebe@shaw.ca
