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Orchard Park Sherwood Forest Neighbourhood Association is a London, Ontario, Canada based neighbourhood organization serving the Orchard Park and Sherwood Forest areas of London. The area is approximately bounded on the west by Wonderland Road, Sarnia Road on the South, Gainsborough Road to the North, the University of Western Ontario and the Medway Valley.

Medway North Trailing Planning

The City of London is currently reviewing pathway and trail opportunities though the Medway Valley Heritage Forest as part of a City-wide project to document best practices for the planning and design of trails in Environmentally Significant Areas.

The time line for this project is as follows

  • November 7, 2012 – Public meeting to present trail options evaluation process and selection of the most preferred options.
  • December 7, 2012 – The Public is invited to provide comment until this date. See below for contact information.
  • December –January 2013 – preparation of the draft Trail Master Plan by city staff
  • January 17 2013 – City to post the draft Trail Master Plan on the city’s website
  • March/April 2013 – Final Trail Master Plan presented at a public participation meeting at the Planning and Environment Committee

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Medway ESA North Trail Plan Meeting

An upcoming Medway Valley ESA North Trail Planning meeting is being held to provide information and gain community input for the evaluation of trail options and selection of the preferred option. The meeting is scheduled for:

Wednesday, November 7, 2012
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Sunningdale Golf and Country Club
465 Sunningdale Road West

An invitation to the meeting is available here. Additional background information is at http://www.london.ca/d.aspx?s=/Planning_and_Development/Land_Use_Planning/Parks_Planning/Medway_trail.htm

The evaluation criteria and method used for this area of the Medway will be used in our part of the Medway during the update to the Conservation Master Plan which is scheduled to start next year. There will be lots of notice of meetings and the work plan. Stay tuned.

The city has also prepared an ESA Observation Form for use in all of the Environmentally Significant Areas of the city. The form will help the city in identifying invasive species, trail management issues, and inappropriate activities such as campfires, dogs off leash, bike ramps and the like. The form is still in test mode and will eventually be posted to the city’s web site as an on line form.

Sunday, Oct 21 – Tree Planting at Furanna Park

Reminder – Join ReForest London on Sunday to plant over 300 trees and shrubs at Furanna Park.

Sunday, October 21, 1-4pm
Furanna Park, 100 Wychwood Park

For more information, see the ReForest London website

Zoning Change – 260 Sarnia Road

As you may have noticed, the owner of the white house at 260 Sarnia Road (south side of Sarnia Road next to the new Western residence) had applied for a zoning change. The request was to knock down the house and garage and put up a 4-plex with five bedrooms each.

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Sewer Project in Sherwood Forest

Saturday’s Free Press had a story about the Greenway Pollution Control Plant. The story stated “The city is now running a trial in the Sherwood Forest area to determine if it can disconnect sewer and storm pipes in the neighbourhood….”

According to the City Engineer, prior to 1984/85…perimeter drains that surround the basements of homes were permitted to be connected to the sanitary drain connection from our homes. The purpose of these drains was to manage the ground water influences on the basement. Most homes backfilled at or near the basement with sandy or permeable soils…when it rains the water from eaves makes its way to the perimeter drain and then into the sanitary sewers in a hurry. The influence of this component is significant and a principle cause for sewage overloading in the sanitary sewage system.