Update: March 12, 2019
The follow up staff report will be going to County Council on April 3, 2019.
Update: February 20, 2019: County Council adopted in principle the County’s Strategic Asset Management Policy and Asset Management Plan.
The Strategic Asset Management Policy and Asset Management Plan are legislative requirements in Ontario Regulation 588/17 under the Infrastructure for Jobs and Prosperity Act, 2015. Both the policy and plan will guide the County during budget and other long term financial planning decisions.
Strategic Asset Management Policy
The Asset Management Plan (AMP) has these goals:
- Compliance with Ontario Regulation 588/17
- Identify the work needed to maintain the County’s infrastructure at current levels, and at the lowest possible cost
- Identify the work needed to meet capacity demands
- Present options to fund the identified needs
- Articulate risks if needs are not funded
- Operationalize asset management by ensuring the processes, people and systems are in place for ongoing improvements
The plan covers all assets owned by the County valued at $5,000 or greater including Engineered Structures (Bridges and Culverts), Roads, Cross Culverts (less than 3m dia.), Facilities, Equipment, Traffic Signals, Forests, Trails and the Landfill.
Growth related Infrastructure needs are covered in the Transportation Master Plan (TMP). The TMP is a comprehensive assessment of the County’s current and future transportation system improvement needs. It includes recommendations for new / improved infrastructure (e.g. roads, transit, cycling, walking), operational design standards, and transportation policies. The TMP was last updated in 2014 with an updated plan in 2019.
Council’s approval of the Asset Management Plan (AMP) acknowledges the following:
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Current asset inventory
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Current condition of assets
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10 year capital needs analysis
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Current funding levels
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Financial analysis
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The funding gap
The AMP identifies a gap of approximately $52 million between funding currently being set aside, and what will be needed to fund the maintenance of County infrastructure over the next 10 years. The adoption of the AMP in principle, does not commit the County to fully funding the identified infrastructure funding gap, but does acknowledge that a plan must be in place by July 1, 2024.
Council also directed staff that in consideration of the infrastructure and funding requirements identified in the budget and the Asset Management Plan, a report be returned to Council providing updated costs to complete the widening and rehabilitation of the James A. Gifford Causeway and for staff to provide recommendations on how costs could be reduced. Staff will be bringing this report to the March 20th meeting of County Council.
Update Re: James A. Gifford Causeway Widening Project
While no official date has yet been set for the commencement of this project, Peterborough County staff continue to work with Department of Fisheries and Oceans and other partners through an established process that, when complete, will allow us to move forward with the project.
The work planned is to expand the rock base of the Causeway to reinforce the base of the roadway. This is the first phase of a multi-year plan for the James A. Gifford Causeway. The rock expansion contract has been awarded to Drain Bros. Excavating with rock fill being placed on the south side of the Causeway. The rock expansion project is a multi-year contract and it is anticipated that the work will continue throughout the winter and will extend through 2019 and 2020.
Upon completion of the rock expansion project, rehabilitation of the asphalt surface of the 2-lane Causeway is planned to be completed.
Traffic control will be provided with a reduction to one-lane at points along the Causeway throughout the project. The public can follow the progress of the project on this webpage as well as through social media (Facebook @PtboCounty and Twitter @PtboCounty).
We would like to thank the public for their patience throughout this important project on the County’s busiest roadway.
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