City of Kawartha Lakes working to develop complete active transportation network
Global News
The City of Kawartha Lakes' new active transportation master plan will establish connectivity to complete a network of routes for those cycling, walking or rollerblading.
City of Kawartha Lakes staff is working to develop the municipality’s active transportation master plan (ATMP).
The goal of the document, due to be completed by March 2023, is to identify a continuous and connected network of safe and sustainable active transportation routes and facilities.
“There isn’t really a comprehensive document like this that currently exists within the municipality,” said Jonathan Derworiz, a planner with the City of Kawartha Lakes.
“We’re hoping to use this document to propose short, medium and long-term recommendations and strategies for developing the active transportation network within the municipality.”
Another goal of the ATMP is to create more and improved opportunities to use active modes of transportation such as walking, cycling, skateboarding and rollerblading as well as mobility devices for people of all abilities within the municipality.
Staff is working with a consultant team at CIMA+ to review and identify routes, facilities and strategies to support the ATMP.
“There are pieces of a network. There are trails to run and cycle. There isn’t much in-terms of on-road facilities or treatments like dedicated bike lanes, bollards, share roads and things you’d see in more of an urban environment,” Derworiz added.
“There is very much a network. It’s fragmented. It’s a little bit piecemeal. One of the big pieces of this plan is connectivity and bringing all of those pieces together to develop a network that considers both the rural and urban environments that the municipality is comprised of.”
The Liberal government and the NDP negotiated the substance of a pharmacare bill as part of their now-defunct supply-and-confidence agreement.
Kennedy ran as an independent presidential candidate but gave Trump his endorsement with a promise to have a role in health policy in the next Trump administration.
Emergency services are at the scene of a train derailment Thursday morning on Montreal's south shore, where they are urging citizens to stay away from the area.
"I was yelling at them saying get the F** away it’s a wild animal," resident Josh Merrin told Global News. "Sorry about my language."
H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows, with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers.
The Calgary Zoo announced that one of its lowland gorillas unexpectedly passed away on November 12, 2024.
Edmontonians have had mixed feelings and now the city is asking people to share their thoughts officially. The findings of a survey could bring some changes.
Dr. Anna Wolak, a family physician in Vancouver, said many parents are likely having flashbacks to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, despite this flu being a single case.
WHO acknowledged that testing for mpox is still not widespread, making it difficult to understand how exactly the virus is spreading.
H5 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide and is causing outbreaks in poultry and U.S. dairy cows, with several recent human cases in U.S. dairy and poultry workers.
Ret. MCpl. Gordon Hurley, who served in Afghanistan, says psychedelic treatments such as ketamine and psilocybin can give veterans 'a breath of relief' from their trauma.