LV/Pembroke Transportation Master Plan
The Transportation Master Plan for East-West Traffic completed by Paradigm Transportation Solutions Limited provides important information and recommendations to guide Official Plan policies and development approval decisions, as well as future decisions on transportation infrastructure. As a collaborative project with the City of Pembroke, the Master Plan provides the opportunity to ensure a holistic approach to future decisions on transportation.
What is a Transportation Master Plan?
A Transportation Master Plan (TMP) is a strategic policy document that guides how a municipality’s transportation system will grow and develop over the long term. The plan works together with a municipality’s Official Plan, which directs land use and development patterns, as well as other master plans such as those concerning municipal servicing, parks and recreation, and economic development. Generally, Transportation Master Plans examine current transportation issues within a community, assess existing and future growth patterns, determine the need for transportation improvements, and establish policies to support the plan and maintain the transportation network.
Why do municipalities need a TMP?
The Township of Laurentian Valley and City of Pembroke are growing, with new commercial uses emerging along the Highway 148/Pembroke Street East corridor and plans for residential development to the south and west edges of Pembroke on lands within the City and along its boundary with the Township. The Town of Petawawa, while outside the immediate study area, is also experiencing growth, putting pressure on the Pembroke Street West (Renfrew County Road 51) corridor leading into the City. Over the longer term, this pattern of growth may put additional strain on the existing east-west road network within the Township and City – a network bisected by the Muskrat River and featuring few arterial road crossings.
With the Township and City poised for continued prosperity and growth, it requires a strategy to address existing traffic concerns and plan to meet future transportation needs. The Township of Laurentian Valley and City of Pembroke Official Plans set out broad transportation system objectives, but do not identify the specific transportation improvement projects needed to serve planned growth. The Transportation Master Plan addresses these needs.
The Transportation Master Plan was passed by Council on February 18, 2025.
