The trail to nowhere may actually end up going somewhere if the County of Renfrew lucks out with the province.
County council endorsed a recommendation from its operations committee last week to apply for funding under the Community Sports and Recreation Infrastructure Fund (CSRIF) for the reconstruction of the Algonquin Trail crossing at Bissett Creek.
Westward expansion of the Algonquin Trail hit an expensive snag in Head, Clara and Maria last year when the county learned it will cost upwards of $2 million to expand the trail past Bissett Creek, owing to the poor condition of a railway bridge there which crosses over Highway 17.
The county acquired the former CP railway corridor in 2016, for the purposes of creating a recreational trail stretching from Smiths Falls in the east to Papineau-Cameron in the west.
But a report from the county operations committee last fall pointed out that “substantial work will be required at the Bissett Creek/Highway 17 overpass in order to continue the Algonquin Trail past this point, as the existing bridge/overpass is in poor condition and is not adequate for trail use in its current condition”…
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