Millennium Trail marks milestone with new signs

County Weekly News The revitalization of the Millennium Trail has reached another milestone with the installation of kilometre markers. “The Prince Edward County (PEC) Trails Committee, municipal staff, and many volunteers have done an incredible job moving this project forward,” stated Prince Edward County mayor Steve Ferguson. “I have heard a lot of positive feedback on the improvements, and we are excited that many more will be able to access this amenity.” The kilometre markers are part of the revitalization… Read More

Millennium Trail marks milestone with new signs

PEC Press Release “The Prince Edward County (PEC) Trails Committee, municipal staff, and many volunteers have done an incredible job moving this project forward,” says Steve Ferguson, Mayor, County of Prince Edward. “I have heard a lot of positive feedback on the improvements, and we are excited that many more will be able to access this amenity.” The kilometre markers are part of the revitalization of the trail, which includes resurfacing and grading, new directional and safety signage, and staging… Read More

OPP lay charges during Millennium Trail enforcement

Picton Gazette With reported incidents involving cars and trucks illegally driving on the Millennium Trail, the Ontario Provincial Police are turing their eyes to the former Canadian National Railroad track-turned-multi-use trail that snakes through the heart of Prince Edward County. On Sunday officers with the Snow Vehicle/All-Terrain Vehicle /Vessel Enforcement/Education (SAVE) Team of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) came to Prince Edward County to check for violators on Millennium Trail. The highly visible officers travelled from Picton to Carrying Place… Read More

Millennium Trail project to be completed in 2019

Picton Gazette Organizers of the volunteer-initiated project that will see Prince Edward County’s Millennium Trail rehabilitated and smoothed from the Carrying Place launch to the trail head in Picton assured Committee of the whole Thursday the effort will be finished on time and under budget. Project co-ordinator Barry Davidson was at Shire Hall to provide an update on the project that aims to re-surface the trail with limestone screenings, install kilometre makers and way-finding signage as well as the construction… Read More

Upgrades update

CountyLive Plans to complete upgrades to Prince Edward County’s Millennium Trail this year are well under way with specific interest on how to move through two significant wetlands. Barry Davidson, chair of the Trails Improvement Ad-Hoc Committee, updated councillors at Thursday’s Committee of the Whole meeting, on work completed last year, and plans for 2019. Davidson lead volunteers through more than 300 hours last summer and fall to complete 17.1 kms of trails between Highway 33 east of Wellington, east… Read More

Upgrade first phase complete!

Wellington Times In a short six-week time span, seventeen kilometres of the Millennium Trail has been refurbished, a section that stretches from west of Bloomfield to the trail end at County Road 49, and includes a spur to Lake Street near the LCBO store in Picton. The upgrade project was led by Barry Davidson with support from an ad hoc Millennium Trail Committee. Central to the success of the project was the work of dozens of volunteers who spent three… Read More

Trail rehabilitation gets underway

Picton Gazette It’s full steam ahead for the Millennium Trail upgrade project. While work has been ongoing for the past week or more and over five kms of the trail has already been levelled and dressed, municipal officials, stakeholders and project supporters gathered at the trail head on Lake st on Tuesday morning to hold a ceremonial groundbreaking. The rehabilitation of the Millennium Trail is a multi-year project in partnership with the PEC Trails, an informal community group and chief… Read More

Shovels in the ground

Trails Committee Newsletter We are organizing a ceremonial ground breaking event on Tuesday, September 18, 2018 to kick off the project. As donors and Friends of the Millennium Trail, you are all invited to attend and help us celebrate the start of this project that, when finished, will provide a 48- kilometre resurfaced recreational trail that will benefit County residents for years to come. Read the newsletter »» Read More

Trail upgrade co-ordination by ad hoc committee

Picton Gazette After twice tendering for the work and receiving higher than expected bids, it appears the municipality will take a novel direction in the effort to restore the Millennium Trail. On Thursday committee of the whole supported a motion that would cancel the tender issued for the Millennium Trail rehabilitation. The motion would also establish the Millennium Trail rehabilitation ad-hoc committee for the purpose of facilitating the capital project as approved by council. The motion would appoint current Prince… Read More

Trail upgrade program begins this fall

County Weekly News The trek toward a smooth, more user-friendly Millennium Trail will get underway in the coming weeks. The municipality is carrying out a three-year upgrade project in partnership with the Prince Edward County (PEC) Trails Committee, an external citizen committee dedicated to expanding and promoting The County’s trail networks. The County has committed $370,000 to the project, while the trail committee has fundraised $110,000, far surpassing its original goal of $80,000. … read more »» Read More