{"id":98733,"date":"2023-12-15T11:06:17","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T16:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/?p=98733"},"modified":"2026-02-17T20:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T19:52:11","slug":"silence-from-province-on-off-loading-of-county-road-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/visionrockland.ca\/en\/actualites\/silence-from-province-on-off-loading-of-county-road-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Silence from province on off-loading of County Road 17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Reporting in late November revealed Ontario and the City of Ottawa were in talks to \u2018upload\u2019 responsibility for Highways 174 and 17 to the province, relieving the city of the financial and administrative burdens, had Clarence-Rockland Mayor Mario Zanth asking if the province would consider uploading County Road 17 beyond Canaan Road as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In late November, the province and the City of Toronto inked an historic new deal that would inject Toronto with much needed cash and an investment in its transit system, and would see the Gardiner Expressway and Don Valley Parkway, two of the province\u2019s busiest highways, transferred over to the jurisdiction of Ontario\u2019s Ministry of Transport. The deal offered Toronto billions of dollars in capital relief and \u201censured the long-term protection, preservation, and enhancement\u201d of the two highways, seen by the provice as significant economic thoroughfares.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Not long after, reports surfaced that Mayor Mark Sutcliffe and the City of Ottawa were in talks with the province over a similar deal to hand over Highways 174 and 17, offering that city similar financial relief and support for the financial woes its transit system currently faces.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Zanth, however, was initially frustrated when he saw the deal was on the table, as offloading the more than 70 kilometres of County Road 17 that cuts through the United Counties of Prescott and Russell (UCPR) has long been a focus for the two-term city councillor and mayor.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The upkeep of those 70 kilometres takes up some 20 per cent, $2.8 million, of the UCPR\u2019s annual roadworks budget, but only accounts for around 10 per cent of the more than 600 kilometres of roads across its territory.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Since the road was downloaded to the UCPR by the Progressive Conservative government in 1998, major investments in the road have been made including nearly three kilometres of widening through Clarence-Rockland, installation of eight of the twelve traffic lights along the road, 51 kilometres of resurfacing and the rehabilitation of Jessup\u2019s Fall Bridge.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Over the next 10 year the UCPR expects an additional $13 million to be invested in the road, on top of another $19 million for structures investments.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">For Zanth, the upload would alleviate those financial stressors, but ultimately would not result in the highway being \u2018twinned\u2019 or expanded to accommodate increased traffic heading in and out of Ottawa as the municipality continues to grow. The cost of doubling the size of County Road 17 from Landry Road to Ottawa is estimated at nearly $140 million, a cost beyond the reach of the either tier of municipality.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">After seeing the province was indeed open to these deals, Zanth said he emailed Transport Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria and texted Premier Doug Ford twice without a response.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI spoke to [former Transport Minister] Mulroney last year about this and she told me that that would never happen,\u201d said Zanth. \u201cThen all of a sudden, I see that Mayor Sutcliffe is having conversations with Doug Ford.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI&#8217;m upset that the Ford government didn&#8217;t even reach out,\u201d said Zanth. \u201cNo one reached to the counties, myself or any other mayor that has the 17 go through their municipality.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Ottawa, Clarence-Rockland and the rest of the UCPR have been looking to upload the 174 and 17 ever since it was first downloaded to the municipalities by the Progressive Conservative government of the 1990s.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIf they had done their homework, they would have seen that the 174 and the 17 were downloaded from the province together. They&#8217;re the same road, they just changed the name at Canaan Road.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Province ignoring needs of municipalities\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Ontario government ignoring the needs of municipalities, particularly the Francophone communities east of Ottawa, is not surprising to Zanth who sees the investments the province makes in the anglophone communities all around.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cThis is about more than a highway. This is about respect for majority Francophone areas that never really seem to get mentioned,\u201d said Zanth, citing projects in Carleton, Barrhaven and Kanata, but a lack of investment even in Orleans.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The continued financial pressures on growing municipalities, like Clarence-Rockland, are not being met with equal investment from the province or the federal government who continue to cut taxes while expecting municipalities to build more housing and offer more services.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cYou cannot keep forcing municipalities to raise their taxes while at the province you lower them,\u201d said Zanth, who\u2019s municipality is expected to raise taxes by 5.6 per cent in 2024. \u201cWhere is the provincial government to help us out? They will bankrupt us very soon if they don\u2019t carry their share.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">A spokesperson for the Ontario Ministry of Transport said they will &#8220;continue to work with [their] municipal partners to help ensure the sustainability of municipal infrastructure across Ontario.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reporting in late November revealed Ontario and the City of Ottawa were in talks to \u2018upload\u2019 responsibility for Highways 174 and 17 to the province, relieving the city of the financial and administrative burdens, had Clarence-Rockland Mayor Mario Zanth asking if the province would consider uploading County Road 17 beyond Canaan Road as well.\u00a0\u00a0 In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":98734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualites"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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