A lot owner at Floatingstone Lake is requesting that the County install posts at either end of the walkway to prevent ATV access on the walkway that joins 1st and 2nd streets and 1st steet to the lakefront. Visitors and residents drive their ATVs on the pedestrian walkways to get to the lakefront and to move around the subdivision. The residents feel that the ATVs using the walkway is creating a dangerous situation for pedestrians walking or children playing or riding their bikes in the walkway or cul-de-sac.
When looking into this request, administration found that the County does not own the walkway (3R); it is registered in the name of Her Majesty the Queen as represented by the Minister of Public Works. There have been no changes to the title for any of the reserve land since the plan was registered, which may have been a provision of the Land Titles Act or the Town Planning Act in force at that time. If Council wants to consider installing posts on this walkway, we would need to contact the Provincial Government and see if those lands can be transferred to the municipality and then the County can handle them in a similar manner to the way we currently handle MR/ER.
Public Works staff have been out to look at the area.