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COUNTY Policy Title Date: Motion No.
Maintenance of Dirt Trail Road May 26, 2020 250/20
Allowances
Purpose:
To establish guidelines for maintenance of dirt trails road allowances located within Kneehill County-
Policy Procedure:
1. Administration will maintain signage at the beginning and end of each dirt trail road allowance stating
"Road Allowance May Be Impassable".
2. Existing Dirt trail road allowances will be bladed a minimum of twice a year as time and the condition
of the road allows.
3. Dirt trail road allowances are considered field access only and Kneehill County is not obligated to
provide legal access to adjacent landowners. The County is not obligated to ensure access to grain
bins/bags placed on Dirt Trail Road Allowances; producers do so at their own risk.
4. Industry and Ratepayers may be allowed, at the discretion of the CAO or designate, to provide
graders/snowplows or minor maintenance of dirt trail road allowances leading to leases, bins,
haystacks and corrals after signing a Save Harmless Agreement/Liability Release with Kneehill County.
5. Snowplowing of dirt trail road allowances may be requested by a Ratepayer or Industry, and will be
completed at no cost at the discretion of the CAO or designate.Snowplowing of dirt trail road
allowances will take place only after all other Kneehill County roads have been cleared as per policy on
Snowplowing of County Road Allowances.
6. Criteria for assessing regular maintenance or upgrades to Dirt Trail Road Allowances will be at the
discretion of the CAO or designate and will generally be based on the following order of priorities:
• Trails experiencing high weight and high volumes of traffic on a regular basis that present
maintenance concerns
• Trails with chronic maintenance concerns
• Trails that provide connectivity to existing developed road network
• Trails that are landlocked or dead-end trails, where other alternate travel routes are available.
• Trails with crossings (pipeline, water)
• Trails with environmental barriers will have engineered review assessment (water,
-ncroachment, trees)
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Jerry Wittstock, Mike Haugen,
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POLICY
Section Policy No. Page
Transportation 13-36 2 of 2
Policy Title Date: Motion No.
Maintenance of Dirt Trail Road Allowances May 26, 2020 250/20
Approved: March 11, 2014 85/14
Approved: February 23, 2016 70/16
Approved: May 26, 2020 250/20
Review Date: May 26,2024