Orillia Secures Funding for Trail Connection over Highway 11 to Old Barrie Road

Posted by Ginny Henry | April 14, 2016 | bicycle and pedestrian trail, BruceGreySimcoe, cycling, grant, Highway 11, infrastructure, MTO, Ontario Municipal Cycling Infrastructure Program, Orillia, RTO7

The City of Orillia was successful in its application to the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) for a matching grant of $325,000 from the Ontario Municipal Cycling Infrastructure Program (OMCIP) for the construction of a new bicycle and pedestrian trail over Highway 11 connecting Highway 12 and Old Barrie Road.

Ontario Dedicates Simcoe County Highway to Champion Canadian Skier

Posted by Ginny Henry | April 25, 2014 | , Barrie, BruceGreySimcoe, Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame, Highway 93, honour, Memorial Highway, memory, Midland, RTO7, Sarah Burke, Simcoe County, skier

Ontario has dedicated Highway 93 to honour the memory of Sarah Burke, champion freestyle skier and member of the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.

The Sarah Burke Memorial Highway runs for 24 kilometres through Simcoe County, where Burke was born and raised.

Pheasant Farm Started Small and Grew into Bigger Operation

Posted by Ginny Henry | March 07, 2014 | Alvanley, Bruce County, BruceGreySimcoe, food, game birds, healthy, Highway 21, Owen Sound, Pheasant Hill Farms, raising pheasants, RTO7

The owners of Pheasant Hill Farms in Alvanley started with six birds and now raise hundreds annually.

Review of Tourism-Oriented Directional Signing (TODS) Program Initiated by Province

Posted by Ginny Henry | September 20, 2013 | , , BruceGreySimcoe, Culture and Sport, feedback, highway, Ministry, Ministry of Transportation, Ontario, programs, province, review, RTO7, signing, stakeholders, survey, TODS, Tourism, Tourism-Oriented Directional Signing)

The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport and the Ministry of Transportation require stakeholder input on the TODS program.

Update on TODS (Tourism Oriented Directional Signing) Program

Posted by Ginny Henry | August 01, 2013 | BruceGreySimcoe, Culture and Sport, highway signage, improve, input, Ministry of Tourism, Ontario, review, RTO7, TODS, Tourism Oriented Directional Signing, Tourism Stakeholders, way-finding

The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport (MTCS) and the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) are committed to continually improving the effectiveness of our highway signage programs, including Tourism Oriented Directional Signing (TODS).