Maintenance of Old Maple Trail, aka road to parking area

[Bob Theisz]

Hi

I've started a discussion in Google Groups on the topic of maintenance
of the Old Maple Trail, aka the road to the parking area.

I will be sending an email to the association soon and I would like to
try using Google Groups as the discussing forum - emails can be
painful ...

Thanks
Bob

[Bob Theisz]

Road Issues

The maintenance of Old Maple Trail, aka: Fire Road 207, aka: South end
of lake, aka: road to the cottager's parking area.
The cottagers who use the road need a plan for repair and ongoing
maintenance. The responsibility for the road has fallen on the
shoulders of a few people and that isn't fair. Any cottagers who uses
the road have a responsibility to participant in the road's
maintenance. Our associations' constitution specifically make
reference to our responsibility to "hold [the] rights-of-way", and
"maintain and improve the road", "undertake and maintain any action",
and "work or improvement that is in the interests of the cottagers."

Proposal:

Our AGM is scheduled for the August long weekend, but I think that is
too late to discuss the road and too late in the season to do
anything. I suggest all users of the Old Maple Trail meet in the
spring, May 24th.

I am offering my cottage as the meeting place, , the Hunt Camp,
Cottage A on the Google map. We would discuss the following:

This is where it becomes obvious I'm not an engineer ...

• Is the solution as simple as buying a truck load of gravel and
filling in the holes?
• I heard someone say something about installing drainage pipes at
trouble spots. The drainage pipes would divert the water away from
the road and leave the gravel in place. If the gravel stays in place
we have fewer maintenance issues.
• How much does gravel cost?
• Assuming we do the work ourselves, when?
• At the AGM, Doug Kerr volunteered to look into costs and take the
lead on the project.

How do we want to finance repairs? What do we do if a cottager
refuses to participate or pay?
• I would suggest we set up a separate account for Old Maple Trail
maintenance and if someone refuses to pay the we share the added
cost. From my experience of having met most of the people on the lake
I don't think anyone would refuse to pay for something they would
benefit from, but we must plan for the worst.

[Michael M (Plane Sights)]

I have an old tractor with backhoe/loader.  Able to dig for drainage spread gravel etc.... but no trailer/truck to transport it from Coldwater to Parry Sound.  

Michael

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