Wyatt, Browaty and Schreyer trying to amend proposed pedestrian and cycling strategy

By: Aldo Santin Posted: 1:08 PM CDT Monday, Jun. 29, 2015

A trio of councillors are attempting to force some changes to the proposed pedestrian and cycling strategy.

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A trio of councillors are attempting to force some changes to the proposed pedestrian and cycling strategy.

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A trio of councillors are attempting to force some changes to the proposed pedestrian and cycling strategy.

Couns. Russ Wyatt, Jeff Browaty and Jason Schreyer are holding a special community committee meeting Tuesday morning to devise a plan on how to amend the proposed document.

“We’re concerned about the impact on our community from this document,” Wyatt (Transcona) said.

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A cyclist rides on a bike route down Bannatyne Ave. during the 7th annual Bike to Work Day. — Wayne Glowacki/Winnipeg Free Press A cyclist rides on a bike route down Bannatyne Ave. during the 7th annual Bike to Work Day.

The document is a framework for implementing a network of pedestrian and cycling paths across Winnipeg over the next 20 years.

Included in the strategy are recommendations that would force homeowners to become responsible for clearing sidewalks of snow and fine those who don’t.

“Clearly, there’s been no buy-in from the public on the sidewalks snow clearing,” Browaty (North Kildonan) said.

Browaty and Wyatt had expressed concerns that some of the proposed pathways are planned for streets where they aren’t suitable, and both questioned the public consultation that went into developing the strategy.

The document was to have gone to council earlier this month but was withheld to have the consultation process reviewed by the new office of public engagement, which concluded the process complied with industry-best standards.

Several public officials have tried to allay concern over the document, including Mayor Brian Bowman, Coun. Janice Lukes, chairwoman of the public works committee, and Brad Sacher, director of public works.

Bowman said council is not considering changing its sidewalk snowclearing policy but Lukes and Sacher said that issue should be examined as a cost-saving move.

Bowman said even when council adopts the strategy, there is no guarantee that any of the recommendations will ever be implemented.

Lukes (St. Norbert) and Sacher said there will be further community consultation as each segment of the strategy is rolled out.

aldo.santin@freepress.mb.ca