Retention pond safety, affordable housing voted on by council
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The city will seek a safe way to let Winnipeggers skate on retention ponds, offer a new deal to attract affordable home construction and test out new street signs, thanks to a few final council votes late Thursday.
That included unanimous support for a call by Coun. Janice Lukes to investigate if new steps like measuring ice thickness at some retention ponds, as well as rivers and creeks, could ensure they’re safe enough to skate and play hockey on.
The Waverley West councillor said her community’s clear demand for that recreation option warrants a search for options to safely allow it.
Even though the city has pleaded with Winnipeggers not to skate on neighbourhood ponds, many do.
The city says snowmelt or water main breaks can drain into the ponds, possibly mixed with street salt, which can cause ice thinning that’s not visible from the surface.
Another council vote will aim to attract 40 new affordable housing units by offering steep discounts on some city-owned properties to non-profit housing providers.
Council will try to sell as many as 25 lots for an up to 50 per cent discount off their assessed value. Another 15 lots would be sold for just $1, including 10 earmarked for certified energy-efficient affordable homes.
Meanwhile, drivers will also soon notice a change on some Exchange District streets, where the city will test out new parking signs it hopes will be less confusing than current ones.
A one-year pilot project will add parking guides to sign posts on three streets in the area, with parking timetables. If the province approves, that will be followed by replacing signs with new eye-catching colour-coded ones. Red would clearly mark where parking isn’t allowed and green would mark where it is permitted.
The pilot is expected to begin around April.
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Above-ground signs
A city councillor hopes to ensure signs for accessible parking must be above ground, so snow can’t cover them up.
Coun. Janice Lukes will ask the public service to report on a new requirement for property owners to identify accessible parking spaces, which are reserved for people with disabilities, with “upright signage.”
Her motion argues that measure would ensure the location of those stalls is always clear, since ground-only signs can be covered up by snow, which can lead a driver to mistakenly use them when they shouldn’t.
The motion asks council’s property and development committee to report back on how best to make the change.
Joyanne is city hall reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press. A reporter since 2004, she began covering politics exclusively in 2012, writing on city hall and the Manitoba Legislature for the Winnipeg Sun before joining the Free Press in early 2020. Read more about Joyanne.
Every piece of reporting Joyanne produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press‘s tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press’s history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates.
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