Public invited to M-B-MTO meeting

Posted Jan 26, 2012 By John Carter

EMC News - The campaign to have stop lights erected at Highway 17 and Calabogie Road is among the topics to be on the agenda next Tuesday, Jan. 31 at a meeting between the provincial Ministry of Transportation and McNab-Braeside council.

The public is welcome at the meeting, which will be held at 9 a.m. in the McNab-Braeside council chambers.

Mayor Mary Campbell said the MTO has studied the stop lights requested by McNab-Braeside, and supported by Horton and Greater Madawaska. Officials will present the study at the meeting.

Council has heard that the Campbell Drive ramp off Highway 417 when the four-laning reaches there has been changed from the original design, so would like to know if that is so, she added.

Council also has questions regarding signage during construction. It would like to have better signs to help out local businesses, she explained.

Campbell also questioned the location of the Arnprior sign along the highway near Scheel Drive. It gives motorists the impression that Campbell Drive is an access to Arnprior, she said. Council has also requested a hearing with Transportation Minister Bob Charelli for Mayor Campbell and public works committee chairman Bob Campbell at the Good Roads convention in late February to discuss the lights request for the Highway 17-County Road 508 intersection. Horton Mayor Don Eady and Greater Madawaska Mayor Peter Emon have indicated they would also like to attend.

john.carter@metroland.com