The few residents who populate the Village of Wolf Creek are getting anxious with the low quality of their roads.
The village is intertwined with the Wolf Creek Golf Resort course and the roads are soft near the waterways.
At Ponoka County Council’s Tuesday, May 26 meeting, councillors decided to go back to the developer of the village to see if the roads in question can be upgraded despite the lack of development in the rest of the village.
The county generally gives developers the option of paying Ponoka County $5,000 per lot to chip seal once 50 per cent of the lots are developed.
However, some of the residents have been living in the Village of Wolf Creek for more than 5 years.
The dilemma the county faces is it is hesitant to chip seal now because construction vehicles damage the roads. “We may end up fixing it anyway,” said CAO Charlie Cutforth.
County denies Rimbey Kinsmen $50,000 request
Ponoka County council is refusing to add another $50,000 contribution to the Rimbey Kinsmen Skatepark project after having already budgeted a $40,000 cash donation.
Project chairman Allen Adam attended council’s meeting to ask for the second donation.
“We figure we’ll have it paid off in a year,” said Adam.
The total cost of the project is $448,282 and the $300,000 is already in place. “If we can get $50,000, to get us down to $100,000,” said Adam.
“Personally, budget’s done, we gave them $40,000,” said Coun. Bryce Liddle. He says it sounds like the Kinsmen have a loan in place for the project and they are just looking for funds to lessen the burden.
“I would say no. It’s just another classic case of an organization proceeding without the funding in place,” said Coun. Doug Weir.
Cutforth has continually cautioned representatives of Rimbey projects that everyone in the community is trying to complete large projects at the same time and competing for the same dollar is costing them.
Ponoka county has already made large contributions to the skatepark project and Rimbey Agrim Centre this year.