A Section of Crawford Rail Trail Closed For Maintenance From March 18 to 20

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A section of the Crawford Rail Trail between Crawford Drive and Erskine Avenue will be closed from March 18 to 20 to allow Hydro One to safely complete forestry work as part of annual maintenance.

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During the temporary closure, alternate routes for active transportation include Crawford Drive and Erskine Avenue.

Maintenance includes pruning trees and removing vegetation from grounds adjacent to hydro lines beside the trail to reduce hydro outage risks during weather events.  

The trail will be closed to allow the crews to safely access the worksite with heavy equipment including lift trucks and stump grinders, to work without safety issues for trail users.

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Otonabee Conservation Celebrates Revitalization of Jackson Creek Trail

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Otonabee Conservation celebrated the completion of the Jackson Creek Trail revitalization project with an event at the trail’s East Trailhead on Saturday.

Eliza Braden-Taylor, Chief Keith Knott and Anne Taylor of Curve Lake First Nation at the new Jackson Creek Trail trailhead sign. Photo courtesy of otonabee conservation.

Over 60 community members, local interest groups, project engineers, contractors and delegates from various levels of government gathered for the celebratory ribbon-cutting event, where new trailhead and educational signs were unveiled.

These signs were developed in partnership with the Curve Lake First Nation Cultural Centre, and allow more visitors to safely access the trail. Community members, supporters and donors also participated in a birdwatching hike led by the Peterborough Field Naturalists. 

Revitalization of the Jackson Creek Trail also included addressing points of erosion, installing culverts, regrading slopes, enhancing bridges and railings, resurfacing the length of the trail and the addition of benches.

This project was made possible with a $523,917 investment from the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) Canada Community Revitalization Fund (CCRF), with additional funding of $61,500 from Trans Canada Trail.

“We are grateful to our funders who have made this project possible and we are especially humbled by the response from the community, who has come together to support the revitalization of the beloved Jackson Creek Trail,” said Otonabee Conservation CAO/Secretary Treasurer Janette Loveys Smith.

The community also raised over $60,000 in donations through the Your Metres Matter and Close the Gap fundraising campaigns over the last two years.

The Close the Gap fundraising campaign remains active as Otonabee Conservation seeks to fill the remaining gap of $10,000 to complete the final aspects of the project.

For more information or to make a donation, visit the Otonabee Conservation website.

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Portion Of Rotary Greenway Trail Now Has Lighting

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Thanks to a generous grant received from the Community Foundation of Greater Peterborough, the Rotary Greenway Trail Link between Water Street and the main Rotary Greenway Trail now has lighting.

The lighting system uses energy efficient LED lamps that focus the light downward and along the trail and meets dark sky standards. The lighting system only uses the equivalent of 5 ½ 100 w bulbs, which is an impressively low amount of energy. The project donor placed environmental sustainability as a high priority, which is also why the lighting system was installed with direct mount poles to minimize impact to existing vegetation and trees.

Students from both TASSS and Trent University will benefit from the trail lighting—particularly those involved in extracurricular activities or evening lectures who use the trail outside of the eight solid hours of daylight during the darker months of the year.

As well, the lighting will open this part of the trail for more use by residents of the Whitaker Mills Condominiums and the Waverley Heights subdivision, who use the trail to get to and downtown and other parts of the City.

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Here's A Guy Taking A Snowshoe Run On A Peterborough Trail

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He is fast.

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The Many Paths and Trails in and Around the Patch

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After spending a recent evening strolling through Beavermead Park, I was delighted to see so many Peterborough folks taking full advantage of one of the many paths and trails our little city has to offer.

Whether it's jogging, cycling, hiking or simply taking the dog for a walk, Peterborough has it covered!

Check out these sites for more info on paths, trails and bikeways in the area:

JaggedPath (great site, but currently under a redesign)



—Julie Morris, PtboCanada contributor 

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