Tory MLA convinces EPC to oppose street extension
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NORTH Kildonan residents appealed to a senior civic committee Wednesday to oppose the proposed street extension across the north Perimeter Highway.
Led by Tory MLA Bonnie Mitchelson, who lives in the area, the residents said widening the proposed corridor for regular traffic would divert highway traffic onto quiet residential streets and pose safety hazards.
“Many residents of northeast Winnipeg are extremely concerned about the potential for a significant increase in traffic on our residential streets as a result of negotiations that have taken place between the province of Manitoba and the RM of East St. Paul that would open a vehicular corridor,” onto Winnipeg streets, Mitchelson told the executive policy committee. “I would respectfully request that the mayor and city council pass a motion sending a strong message to the provincial government, stating the City of Winnipeg does not support a vehicular through-pass between East St. Paul and the City of Winnipeg via a Gateway/Raleigh corridor — at any time, now or in the future.”
The full-court press by the North Kildonan group proved successful. Mayor Brian Bowman and his EPC unanimously endorsed an administration recommendation opposed to opening the crossing to regular traffic.
Bowman told reporters the city supports an active-transportation corridor across the Perimeter, principally for pedestrians and other non-motorized traffic, but opposes widening the corridor to allow regular traffic.
“What we supported in the motion today was restricting regular vehicle traffic,” Bowman said.
Council will vote on the issue next week. But the province, he said, has the final say.
The city has given tentative support to a provincial plan for an extension of Raleigh Street, as an underpass across the Perimeter, linking both sides of East St. Paul, but only if the crossing is reserved for pedestrians, cyclists and emergency vehicles.
Raleigh is a two-lane residential street that runs from East Kildonan to the town of Birds Hill, but terminates at the Perimeter.
North Kildonan Coun. Jeff Browaty said he was pleased with the support from his fellow EPC members.
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