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Vol. 8 • Issue 8
Thursday, February 21 • 2013
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Trails society packs city hall with support ARNE PETRYSHEN Rossland News Editor
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70 people was happy to hear support from council on the issue, as the funding being left off was attributed to council’s wish to get a better idea of the Columbia Avenue projects cost by way of leaving empty line items. Isaac Saban, president of the KCTS, presented council with an in-depth report on the benefits the trails bring to Rossland and the greater area. The KCTS manages 145 km of non-motorized trail in the Rossland area. “That is the tip of the iceberg, in terms of what it takes to sup-
port those trails. The amount of effort that goes in behind it is enormous,” he said. “Those 145 km of trails are located 90 per cent on private land.” The KCTS has 28 land access agreements, one which is with the government to operate on Crown land. “So we’re dealing with 27 different organizations, from either individuals, who may own a small lot that has 100 metres of trail across it, but without that 100 metres, you don’t have the other 5 km of trail… all the way through to corporations like Teck Metals,” he said.
Saban noted the intricacies that the society takes on when dealing with a company like Teck. “When we’re dealing with Teck, we’re dealing with two lawyers, their local lawyer and their corporate lawyer in Vancouver, we’re dealing with paralegal, their manager, we’re dealing with a manager of lands, we’re dealing with outside consultants who are offering environmental advice.” Saban said in those 27 agreements, the society deals with 150 different people. For landowners, there is not
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really any incentive to offer the land, rather they take on risk. The incentives are in the public image and the ability to offer the use for the public good. The KCTS offers an insurance liability policy in exchange for the risk that the landowner takes on. “That policy requires that we maintain the trails, that’s where this funding really becomes key,” Saban said. “If we don’t maintain the trails every single year, that insurance is null and void. If the insurance is null and void we lose the land See City on P. 3
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