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KCSPA-NB-1.13

Kettle Creek

Non-specific

Implementing Body

Legal Effect

Policy Tool

Threat Type

Status

Comment

MTO - Signage

Strategic

Education / Outreach

Future & Existing

Implemented

MTO and MECP worked together on the Vulnerable Area Road Sign initiative to identify drinking water protection zones in Source Protection Areas (SPAs) across Ontario. Sign design and supporting implementation policy was led by MTO in consultation with the MECP and Source Protection chairs/project managers. In October 2015, MECP provided all SPAs with the final MTO sign design for use on Ontario’s provincial and municipal roads. This portion of the policy is deemed completed. MTO manufactured signs for all source protection regions. The ministry reviewed requests for signs located on provincial highways, submitted by source protection chairs through the MECP, and conducted a safety assessment to ensure sign locations were in accordance with provincial standards for sign placement. MTO sought input from SPAs (through MECP) and provided notice of the approximate locations where provincial highway signs were to be installed in their source protection region. Signs have been installed at 128 identified locations (includes all Source Protection Regions/Areas) on provincial highways. MTO will maintain the signs installed along provincial highways as part of provincial highway infrastructure. All 20 approved signs under Lake Erie Source Protection Region region have been installed. Sign locations within Lake Erie - Grand River SPA: (15 locations) Hwy 6 Northbound,500m South of Downey Road/Kortright Road West Hwy 6 Southbound, 150m North of Nichol Twp. 6th Line Hwy 7 Eastbound, 400m East of Guelph Township Road 3/Wellington Road 32 Hwy 7 Westbound, 200m North-West of Dunbar Street Hwy 24 Southbound, 700m South of Hwy 403 Hwy 24 Northbound, 800m South of Myers Road Hwy 24 Northbound, 2.8km North of Maple Grove Road Hwy 85 Eastbound, 200m West of Lancaster St. West Hwy 85 Northbound, 300m North of Wellington Street North Hwy 401 Eastbound, 580m West of Hespeler Road (installed May 2024) Hwy 401 Westbound, 650m West West of Franklin Blvd Hwy 403 Westbound, 800m East of Garden Ave Hwy 403 Eastbound, 1.5km East of Rest Acres Road Hwy 7/8 Eastbound, 440m East of Nafziger Road Hwy 7/8 Westbound, 120m West of King Street East Sign locations within Lake Erie - Long Point SPA: (5 locations) Hwy 3 Eastbound, 300m West of Windham East Quarter Line Road. Hwy 3 Eastbound, 1.2km East of Schafer Side Road Hwy 3 Westbound, 350m West of Burch Lane Hwy 19 Southbound, 20m South of Keswick Road Hwy 19 northbound, 260m South of Keswick Road

Central Elgin Municipality of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Education / Outreach

Future & Existing

No response required/not applicable

This policy is a non-binding, specify action policy directed at the MTO.

Malahide Township of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Education / Outreach

Future & Existing

No response required/not applicable

This policy is a non-binding, specify action policy directed at the MTO.

Thames Centre Municipality of - (Municipality)

Conform with

Education / Outreach

Future & Existing

No response required/not applicable

This policy is a non-binding, specify action policy directed at the MTO. RMO/RMI services for the Belmont area are carried out by Alex P. (Central Elgin)

Policy Text:

In accordance with Section 22(7) of the Clean Water Act, 2006, the Ministry of Transportation, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment as well as in consultation with Source Protection Authorities, should design a sign to the appropriate Provincial standards, to identify the locations of Wellhead Protection Areas (WHPA) and Intake Protection Zones (IPZ). The Ministry of Transportation should manufacture, install and maintain the signs along Provincial Highways within the Wellhead Protection Areas with a vulnerability score of ten (10).

Municipalities will be responsible for the purchase, installation and maintenance of appropriate signs designed by the Province in collaboration with the Source Protection Authority. These signs should be placed, at a minimum, where municipal arterial roads are located within Wellhead Protection Areas with a vulnerability score of ten (10).

The above policies will be implemented as part of an overall education and outreach plan within each Source Protection Area. These policies, in conjunction with additional education and outreach policies, should be implemented within two (2) years after the effective date of the Source Protection Plan.

Monitoring Text:

N/A