{"id":136008,"date":"2023-01-16T14:44:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T19:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=136008"},"modified":"2023-01-16T14:50:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T19:50:00","slug":"county-recommends-increased-funding-to-avoid-road-deterioration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/county-recommends-increased-funding-to-avoid-road-deterioration\/","title":{"rendered":"County recommends increased funding to avoid road deterioration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Edward County heard an <a href=\"https:\/\/princeedwardcounty.civicweb.net\/FileStorage\/FCEB556075FC492D9A42AEA3AD785C5A-CLS-02-2023%20FINAL%20(CAOsigned).pdf\">update<\/a> from staff on the state of roads in the county, ahead of the 2023 municipal budget, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Based on a novel asset management software, staff have determined that the condition of the county\u2019s 864 kilometers of public roadway assets are on average \u201cfair,\u201d with a total replacement cost of $826 million (calculation excludes 164 kilometers of gravel roads and the concrete Highway 49).<\/p>\n<p>Staff also recommended a \u201cfive-year phase-in\u201d to a new and higher target funding level that would allow an average road condition of \u201cgood,\u201d over the long-term.<\/p>\n<p>Committee members had many questions about which roads would be prioritized for improvement, while talk of downgrading some of them to gravel was also discussed. Picton Coun. Phil St-Jean summarized the current road situation in the county:<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-136008-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/St-Jean-Voicer.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/St-Jean-Voicer.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/St-Jean-Voicer.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Prince Edward County roads in 2022 took the third and fourth place in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caasco.com\/advocacy\/worst-roads\/2022-results\">CAA\u2019s annual Ontario Top 10 Worst Roads<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen to the full story below:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-136008-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-12-Road-Fix-Story.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-12-Road-Fix-Story.mp3\">https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-12-Road-Fix-Story.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Edward County heard an update from staff on the state of roads in the county, ahead of the 2023 municipal budget, on Thursday. Based on a novel asset management software, staff have determined that the condition of the county\u2019s 864 kilometers of public roadway assets are on average \u201cfair,\u201d with a total replacement cost&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":136015,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,2602],"tags":[4615,15381,15365,14241,16733,20111,13816,15364],"radio":[13055],"origine":[267,269,13050],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136008"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136008"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136235,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136008\/revisions\/136235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136008"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=136008"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=136008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}