The following is a summary of the two development proposals for Laurie Park. More details can be found on the Department of Natural Resources website including the conceptual drawings of both options.
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Option A High Level Description |
Option B High Level Description |
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Majority of the development will be in the current camping portion of the park with minimal change to day use access and activities. Existing day use roads and flow of traffic will essentially stay the same as today. |
Development includes both camping area and day use areas. A portion of the existing day use road (lower level) will be for pedestrian use only. Traffic flow on the main (center) day use area road will be revised to two-way traffic, using “pull offs” to allow traffic to pass. |
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Common Details to Both Options |
Entrance:
- New visitors services area that includes an office/administration building, camping visitor parking, registration and bypass lanes
- Improved park entrance from Highway #2
- New Off Season parking lot (15 to 20 cars) in advance of gate at bridge
Campground:
- Campground capacity reduced from 71 small sites to +/- 40 upgraded campsites, including a mix of walk-in only tenting, small trailer and larger trailer / RV sites
- Central camper’s washroom with flush toilets and showers
- New maintenance yard and wood storage building
- New trailer dumping station for campers
- New service clusters that include privy, water tap and recycling stations
- Seasonal floating dock to be installed at shoreline tenting sites (no boat trailer access to lake will be provided)
- Closure of the campground for the entire 2010 camping season during construction (June to Sept)
Day Use:
- Seasonal floating dock to be installed at boat launching area (no boat trailer access to lake will be provided)
- Park programming area with a gathering area and small kiosk/stage for interpretive and educational events
- Shoreline walking path to “Big Head” to provide improved accessibility
- Existing picnic sites to be marginally upgraded ( top soil added and re-seeded where necessary )
- Upgrade existing service clusters to include a privy, water tap and recycling stations
- No changes to the shoreline
- Fence at bedrock ridge shoreline (near Big Head) to be repaired and maintained
- Improvements to canoe/kayak drop off area at the old boat launch site
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Features Unique to Option A |
Features Unique to Option B |
- Roads, and traffic flow unchanged for access to day use areas
- General maintenance and repairs to existing paved sections of day use area
- More opportunities available to open access for day use areas during the 2010 construction period, pending construction requirements and public safety concerns
Cost Estimate: 20% less than option B |
- Section of the existing shoreline road will be changed to pedestrian use only.
- Traffic flow will be altered. One road would lead to a new parking lot and pedestrian walking trails that go to the lower shoreline areas and picnic sites.
- Traffic flow on the main (center) day use area road will be upgraded to two-way traffic, using “pull offs” to allow traffic to pass.
- Improvements will be made to the existing Big Head parking lot, with delineation of parking spurs to maximize parking capacity, without cutting vegetation
Cost Estimate: 20% more than Option A |
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