Updates

From: Murphy, Bonnie (MTO) <Bonnie.Murphy@ontario.ca>

Sent: June 17, 2025 10:22 AM

To: Brian Mclellan

Subject: RE: HWY 69 rehabilitation

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Hello Brian McLelland,

Thank you for your email regarding the rehabilitation of Highway 69 from 1.4 km north of Highway

559, northerly to 4.5 km north of Shebeshekong Road, including the Shawanaga River Bridge.

The contract for this highway improvement project was tendered in March of this year, and

construction is planned over the next two years, commencing this summer. Work under the project

includes the following:

• Resurfacing of Highway 69 for 20.0 km;

• Rehabilitation of the Shawanaga River Bridge;

• Treatment of pavement distress areas;

• Drainage improvements including culvert lining and replacements;

• Replacement/adjustment of select guide rail;

• Replacement of select static signs;

• New left turn lane for northbound traffic on Highway 69 at Woods Road;

• New left turn lane for northbound traffic on Highway 69 at Highway 7182 (Shebeshekong

Road); and

• New illumination at the intersection of Highway 7182 (Shebeshekong Road) and repositioned

to accommodate the new left turn lane

Should you require any additional information, please feel free to send me an email.

Again, thank you for your interest in the project.

Sincerely,

Bonnie Murphy, P. Eng.

Lead Engineer, Projects | Design and Engineering Branch

Ministry of Transportation | Ontario Public Service

Bonnie.Murphy@ontario.ca

Taking pride in strengthening Ontario, its places and its people

Rehabilitation of Highway 69 and the Shawanaga River Bridge

Fire Donations

We Did It!!

Thanks to the generous support of the Harris Lake & South Magnetawan River community, we have achieved our HLSMR Fire Committee fundraising goal of $8,000!

What an amazing community we have. A huge thank you to everyone who donated cash and/or materials to help us achieve this lofty goal. With your support we have taken a huge step towards ensuring the safety of our lake, our volunteer firefighters, and preventing another terrible loss like we saw this past summer.

If you are still thinking of donating, it is never too late and the need never ends. Visit the website for details (https://www.hlsmr.org/fire-fundraising)

We would also like to thank you for all your support throughout the year. The Harris lake community is truly something special to belong to.

Thank you all and have a wonderful holiday season.

The work for the dam has been completed. Water levels are stable. morinfo to come

August 01, 2013

Highway 69 Lane Expansion

August 01, 2013/ BRIAN MCLELLAN

There have been many questions regarding the Hwy 69 Lane Expansion and the affect that it will have on access to the lake. The contractors have set up a full project site with numerous maps and records that are being used for the road and site selection along this stretch of highway. This segment of the expansion is in the early phases, but work is beginning in the area this year. For more information on the project, please visit the contractor's website.

HLSMR

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