An article explaining this proposal was written in the Wednesday 21st January 2026 edition of the Perth Courier Journal by Scott Carmichael on page 6 of the paper with the headline: "Road Work is Ahead For the Perthmore Subdivision."  Basically this article expanded slightly on the official announcement from the Town Council which voted at the COW to award a contract worth $157,505 (+HST) to EGIS (formerly McIntosh Perry) to draw up a design for an intersection at HWY 7 that would  connect into Perthmore (probably at Senators Gate) via what is as yet the unapproved future Arterial Road connecting HWY 7 to County Road 10. Financing for such an arterial road remains to be decided but, for this initial intersection at HWY 7, Deputy Mayor McPherson had an amendment passed to request a delegation be sent to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario to be held this August. If the delegation is accepted they would be meeting with Ministry of Transport Ontario representatives to seek funding from the province to offset the Town's share of the costs of the aforementioned projects involving HWY 7.

It is interesting that EGIS (formerly McIntosh Perry) was awarded this contract "due to their existing connection to the project and demonstrated depth of knowledge to Ministry of Transportation (MTO) projects and requirements" because McIntosh Perry was the engineering consulting firm hired by the Perthmore developer to provide the maps and conduct the studies, including environmental, for the developer's Phase V submission to the Town of Perth in 2019. It was these plans that caused the PCA to regroup as residents had concerns about an arterial road carrying substantial noisy traffic (through swampland) between HWY 7 and County Road 10. In addition a series of high rise apartment buildings (4 stories or higher)  were being planned for lining the arterial road and the developer obtained permission to upgrade the density designation from R1 (single family units) to R4 (multiple family units) without actually producing designs for the apartment blocks. Ultimately those plans had to be shelved because: 1) the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority squashed the McIntosh Perry's environmental assessment that the Perth Long Swamp (through which the road would run) had "dried up" and, 2) funds could not be committed to build the arterial road as the Town could certainly not provide sufficient funds, much though it wanted to divert heavy truck traffic from going down Gore.

But, this arterial road, the apartment blocks and "commercial development" along HWY 7 and the swamp area between the North Street railway crossing and Perthmore Street remains remarkably similar in the developer's "Future Developments" plan to the old plan that drew renewed PCA concerns. Please click on the button below to be taken to the developer's "Future Developments" plan to see for yourself?