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Port Carling Snowmobile Club Needs our support


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Please read the link below included in the article is an email address to the township department that has influence whether or not the club can build a 500 meter trail along highway 118 West at a forthcoming meeting. This trail is required to bypass land where the landowner revoked the right 2 years ago and isolated Port Carling.  The 500 meter trail would connect Port Carling to the Bracebridge trails. Club president states "Ahead of the meeting, Elliot is asking sledders to email publicworks@muskoka.on.ca to show their support. " If you can please email the public works department and show your support for this trail it would be greatly appreciated.

 

https://www.mymuskokanow.com/115489/muskoka-lakes-snowmobile-club-hoping-district-council-votes-to-connect-port-carling-trail-to-rest-of-muskoka/

 

Below is  simple text letter you can cut and paste to an email, publicworks@muskoka.on.ca   Please feel free add any further reasons 

 

     Public Works Department

     Muskoka Lakes District

 

    To:  Whom this may concern;

 

       I support the Muskoka Lakes Snowtrails Association (MLSTA) proposal to the 500 meter trail along hwy 118West between Carr road and Penwood road. Snowmobiling in this area needs this trail !! Your support of the MLSTA request would be greatly appreciated.

 

Avid Snowmobiler

John Smith

 

 

    

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Should e-mail the councilors.  Ridiculous how much pull staff seem to have.  Why only for 2 years if this solves the issue?  Is there another plan being worked on?  Or did staff just arbitrarily come up with that time frame?

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2 minutes ago, signfan said:

Should e-mail the councilors.  Ridiculous how much pull staff seem to have.  Why only for 2 years if this solves the issue?  Is there another plan being worked on?  Or did staff just arbitrarily come up with that time frame?

I believe last year they got permission to allow road running (on the shoulder) of the highway, so this is a step in right direction, asking for only two years probably allows the club to prove it will work if they can't find an alternative. If there is someone from the MLSTA in the forum who has some insight it would be appreciated to hear from them. 

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Done, 

Could go either way tomorrow night though. I know the District of Muskoka is concerned about liablilty with sleds running alongside the highway.


Hopefully it gets approved.

 

 

 

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Done. Thanks Bill for bringing this to our attention. 

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  • 3 weeks later...

Thanks to those who chimed in and sent an email to the ML District Public works office , I saw the following article that updates the situation. the article states there were 141 emails of support and one against.  Thanks again !

 

Quote "While still concerned about the risk factor of allowing snowmobiles to travel along Highway 118, the District of Muskoka’s Engineering and Public Works Committee will move forward with creating a new 500-metre trail." 

 

https://www.mymuskokanow.com/115550/district-committee-approves-new-snowmobile-trail-in-port-carling/

 

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