Reliable Infrastructure
Strategic Priority: Reliable Infrastructure
Goal: Optimize existing assets and develop new assets to support the current and future needs of the community.
Municipal assets and infrastructure form the backbone of our society and their condition and performance has far reaching consequences. The “infrastructure deficit” facing Ontario municipalities is well-known and has been compellingly outlined by municipal organizations including the Association of Municipalities of Ontario. The municipal sector in Ontario has been compelled through evolving legislation to embrace a vigorous asset management approach that will help the public ensure that these assets are being appropriately managed. Given the vast scale and extent of the County's infrastructure, a range of studies, plans, and processes must be undertaken to meet the County's strategic priority of having “Reliable Infrastructure”.
Objective 1: Create a plan that ensures that the County's assets are effective, reliable, and appropriately funded.
Objective 2: Maintain and evolve an adequate, safe, and reliable multi-modal transportation system.
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Action 1 |
Fully implement the Brant E-Ride Program by the end of 2019. |
Now known as Brant Transit, the e-Ride Program was fully implemented by 2019 and has reacted to the effects the COVID-19 pandemic had on initial operations. |
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Action 2 |
Entrench the Brant Safe Streets Strategy into all road projects. |
Staff continue to assess how best to implement the aspects of the Strategy into road reconstruction projects, and on to existing roadways. |
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Action 3 |
Update the Transportation Master Plan, including consideration of transportation routing around the Town of Paris and the Village of St. George, by the end of 2021. |
The Transportation Master Plan was completed in September 2022. |
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Action 4 |
Complete a City/County Transportation Plan, in cooperation with the City of Brantford, by the end of 2021. |
Staff continue to discuss this project with their counterparts at the City of Brantford and the Plan will be influenced by the conclusions of the County's Transportation Master Plan. |
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Action 5 |
Complete the Grand River St. North Municipal Class Environmental Assessment. |
The Class Environmental Assessment was completed and presented to Council in August 2020, and the design work for the first phase of the reconstruction project has been awarded. |
Objective 3. Ensure that appropriate municipal servicing infrastructure is available and adequate to facilitate the growth that is contemplated in the County Official Plan and its associated Growth Management Strategy.
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Action 1 |
Complete an Municipal Class Environmental Assessment for water and wastewater servicing for Cainsville by the end of 2021. |
The commencement of this project was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but the initial public engagement was held in October 2021. The study is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. |
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Action 2 |
Initiate Master Servicing Plans, including water, wastewater, and stormwater servicing, for the Village of Burford and the Village of St. George, by the end of 2022. |
The Master Servicing Plans for the Village of Burford and the Village of St. George have been initiated but their completion was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The Plan for Burford is currently under review with the community engaged.
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