Log Train Trail Management Plan Project

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The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) Board of Directors has supported a recommendation to adopt a new Log Train Trail (LTT) Management Plan. The new plan sets a strategic direction outlining objectives, strategies, and priorities to guide how the trail will be managed for the next 10-20 years.

The ACRD LTT lease area encompasses 18 kilometres – the trail corridor from just north of the powerlines (three-kilometre marker) to Woolsey Road (21-km). The existing ACRD lease agreement with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is a non-exclusive revolving four-year lease that was created based upon the 1993 Management Plan. The current lease is for non-motorized use. However, the trail is used frequently by OHVs and in some areas account for most of the use.

The majority of public feedback received during the development of the plan revolved around motorized use of the ACRD section of the Trail. The new plan establishes a motorized multi-use path supported by the development of clear standards for use and etiquette for each user group.

“We have heard concerns related to increased traffic and the impact that will have on the trail, resulting in potential conflict among users,” said John Alan Jack, chair of the ACRD Board of Directors. “Change is always difficult, but it is important that we update the management plan we have had in place for 30 years to reflect current uses.”

Before this change can be fully implemented, staff will work on the creation of a transition plan that will involve engaging impacted user groups on the development of guidelines, signage, and a communication strategy, as well as modifying access points and key trail sections as needed. the ACRD will also need to negotiate a new agreement with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to integrate the new management plan and incorporate changes. The new agreement and transition plan will be reviewed by the Board prior to implementation and is expected to take between twelve to eighteen months from January 2024 before changes to allowable uses are formalized.

See links to the right to review the final Management Plan, Public Engagement Summary, ACRD Board of Directors Reports and more project documents.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the development of the Log Train Trail Management Plan.

This project is now closed

The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (ACRD) Board of Directors has supported a recommendation to adopt a new Log Train Trail (LTT) Management Plan. The new plan sets a strategic direction outlining objectives, strategies, and priorities to guide how the trail will be managed for the next 10-20 years.

The ACRD LTT lease area encompasses 18 kilometres – the trail corridor from just north of the powerlines (three-kilometre marker) to Woolsey Road (21-km). The existing ACRD lease agreement with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure is a non-exclusive revolving four-year lease that was created based upon the 1993 Management Plan. The current lease is for non-motorized use. However, the trail is used frequently by OHVs and in some areas account for most of the use.

The majority of public feedback received during the development of the plan revolved around motorized use of the ACRD section of the Trail. The new plan establishes a motorized multi-use path supported by the development of clear standards for use and etiquette for each user group.

“We have heard concerns related to increased traffic and the impact that will have on the trail, resulting in potential conflict among users,” said John Alan Jack, chair of the ACRD Board of Directors. “Change is always difficult, but it is important that we update the management plan we have had in place for 30 years to reflect current uses.”

Before this change can be fully implemented, staff will work on the creation of a transition plan that will involve engaging impacted user groups on the development of guidelines, signage, and a communication strategy, as well as modifying access points and key trail sections as needed. the ACRD will also need to negotiate a new agreement with the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure to integrate the new management plan and incorporate changes. The new agreement and transition plan will be reviewed by the Board prior to implementation and is expected to take between twelve to eighteen months from January 2024 before changes to allowable uses are formalized.

See links to the right to review the final Management Plan, Public Engagement Summary, ACRD Board of Directors Reports and more project documents.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the development of the Log Train Trail Management Plan.

Public Questions

If you have any questions please feel free to ask them here and we will reply shortly. Questions and answers will be posted publicly unless you specify that you do not wish your question to be posted publicly. Through this planning process the ACRD has received many common questions please see the FAQs section on the right hand side for common questions.  

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    What consideration has been given, in consultation with NRD, regarding the continuation of the historic Horne Lake Trail from the NRD-ACRD boundary on to connect with the historic Log Train Trail?

    T Lyman Jardin asked about 1 year ago

    Hello and thank you for your question.  The Log Train Trail management plan will specifically address the section of the Log Train Trail corridor that is currently operated by the ACRD.  It will briefly discuss adjoining trails from a wider trail network connectivity view. The ACRD and RDN have had past discussions regarding a Horne Lake Trail that would be adjoining to the Log Train Trail, but at this time adding such a trail to an ACRD parks service is not on the existing work plan. 

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    Hi, I did not realize the survey was closed when I logged on to complete it tonight. Will there be any other opportunities for public input? Please let me know.

    Lenore asked over 1 year ago

    Hello and thank you for your question.  Our team are currently taking all of the input received so far and developing the first draft of the Log Train Trail Management Plan. Once that draft plan is ready there will be further opportunities for input from public, please keep an eye out for announcements on the ACRD website, ACRD social media channels and the Alberni Valley News for updates.

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