Hi Everyone,
I want to try to dispel some of the speculation that has been happening in regards to the trails in the Richmond area that we have not been able to make available so far this season.
We have come up against a couple of unexpected issues in this area. We have some farms with winter crops in fields that we have traditionally used, and some land owners that would like some last minute changes made to existing trails.
These types of issues pop up all over our network every year, and normally we are able to take care of these and most permit buyers have no idea we’ve done anything. Usually we are able to hop into a ditch or cross over to the other side of the road or something along those lines in order to get around that. The problem we run into in this area is that our permissions within the City of Ottawa are handled under a different land use agreement than we have with other municipalities and we are unable to move things around as issues come up, we have to get permissions from the City on this and this is a long process.
The good news is that the agreement is up for renewal very soon and we are hoping to set this new one up in a fashion that gives us a few more options going forward.
We have been out working, and will continue to and as long as weather permits hopefully we’ll be able to get access for some more folks.
In the meantime if you are able to, we have park and rides set up at the Twin Elm Rugby park at the end of Trail 301 and at the MTO park and ride at Dwyer Hill with a service trail to the A trail.
Thanks everyone for understanding.
Chris Angell
President
The B.E.A.S.T.
e-mail: info@thebeast.ca
