Trent Lakes will take a hybrid approach to replacing signs in the municipality following a staff review of a sign strategy that was presented by a consultant at the council meeting on October 21, 2025.
At that meeting council received a presentation from pl.ural that looked at types of signs, placement and designs.
At that meeting some council members said they are unhappy with the strategy because it did not use Trent Lake’s new logo and did not have any information on where there are signs in the municipality and a list where signs already exist and where signs are needed.
Director of Recreation and Facilities Dylan Cosh told council that staff are working with the consultant to create an inventory of all signs and assess what condition they are in.
Creating a signage strategy was one of the recomendations in the Open Spaces Master Plan which council approved in March of 2023. The strategy was on hold until municipal branding was completed in early 2025.
Staff presented council with three options on moving ahead including:
• using existing signs that already feature the logo and updating non Trent Lakes signs to match existing templates
• a hybrid strategy using existing designs and modified new designs proposed by the consultant
• implement the strategy using modified pl.ural designs in all locations
Staff recommended the hybrid strategy.
There was some discussion about whether the different areas of Trent Lakes would be identified such as Harvey, Galway and Cavendish.
Mayor Terry Lambshead said he thinks the municipality has been fractured for many decades and said the signs may be a way to bring everyone together.
Councillor John Braybrook said he would like the signs to identify each area while Deputy Mayor Carol Armstrong said she would not want that done.
Council agreed that at some point they will have to let staff know what approach council wants to take on that issue.
