First published January 2012
I’ve had a ‘bee in my bonnet’ over the fact that Apsley has never had Highway 28 signage like our other hamlets of Big Cedar and Woodview since before I was ever elected to Council. With my appointment as Chair of the North Kawartha Community Planning Committee my first initiative was to look into this and other signage issues within our township. What we discovered is that the Ministry of Transportation has criteria governing the use of boundary signs:
For a town to qualify for Boundary Signs it must be officially recognized as a Lower Tier, Upper Tier, Single Tier or Formerly Incorporated Municipality. On top of this, the official town limits must cross the highway to be eligible.
The MTO never realized that Apsley does meet this criteria and nobody ever thought to question it… until now! After several emails back and forth between the Township and the MTO, Council passed a motion approving the erection of boundary signs and a week before Christmas the new signs were installed. I would like to thank the committee members and staff along with the MTO for their efforts in getting Apsley the recognition it deserves!
Now on to our other projects: distance signage at the junctions of townships roads and highway 28, new municipal entrance signs, beautification and much more… stay tuned.