Better winter maintenance of active transportation a focus in 2019 preliminary budgets

Released: March 1, 2019 at 1:40 p.m.

WINNIPEG, MB – The 2019 preliminary budgets propose to invest approximately $432,000 additional funds to better maintain the city’s active transportation network during the upcoming winter as part of almost $35 million budgeted for snow removal and ice control in 2019.

The implementation of the active transportation network winter maintenance strategy was adopted by Council in June 2018.

This strategy identified the need to reprioritize the winter maintenance of pedestrian and cyclist infrastructure to better ensure uninterrupted and effective connections between various neighbourhoods, transit facilities, and the downtown.

Residents and active transportation users have found many of the new active transportation routes across the city to be disconnected or not maintained during winter. In some cases, the priority in pedestrian and cyclist facilities did not coincide with the existing priority networks established by the adjacent roadways.

The reprioritization and winter maintenance strategy will better connect pedestrians and cyclists equitably, and provides funding to maintain active transportation inventory previously not maintained over winter.

The City of Winnipeg’s $35 million roadway snow removal and ice control program strives to provide safe and accessible conditions on city streets and sidewalks throughout the winter season.

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