Township to open road for vegetable processing plant

by Patrick Raftis

MOOREFIELD

Mapleton council is making plans to officially extend Parkview Drive here to accommodate a new business development.

Clerk Patty Sinnamon recommended council support the extension and opening of Parkview Drive in a report to council at its July 10 meeting.

While the street is indicated on civic mapping and the former Maryborough Township  council directed that a by-law be prepared to open and register Parkview Drive, a title search revealed the process was never completed to open the gravel portion of the street, Sinnamon reported.

Christian Aid Ministries of Waterloo is planning to open a vegetable processing facility, to help feed the poor in Third World countries, in the former Rona Hardware building.

Although the gravel portion is unopened, it has been plowed by the township for many years and was heavily travelled by both Rona employees and members of the public accessing the Peel-Maryborough Community Centre.

The site plan for the Christian Aid Ministries project indicates the second access route to the property is via the unopened gravel portion.

Both Sinnamon and public works director Larry Lynch agreed opening all of Parkview drive “is appropriate at this time.” Sinnamon noted the Moorefield Optimist Club which holds an annual tractor pull on the gravel portion of Parkview, will now need a permit to close the road and also needs to insure the township for the event.

Council will consider a bylaw on the proposed street opening at a future meeting.

July 20, 2012