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Open streets plan to sideline pedestrians

Winnipeg Free Press Last Modified: 5:30 PM CDT Monday, Apr. 12, 2021 | Updates MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Mel Marginet, co-ordinator with the Green Action Centre’s Sustainable transportation team, feels the new call to pilot open streets just for cyclists, and not pedestrians, ignores the need for pedestrians to have safe travel space and is a disappointment after both cyclists and pedestrians used the steets last year. Winnipeg’s next round of “open streets” may be closed to foot traffic. Winnipeg’s next round of open streets may be closed to foot traffic. A proposal calls for council to approve a second pilot project testing seasonal active transportation routes. Last year, the city limited vehicle traffic to one block from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily on 10 different sections of streets to create space for cyclists and pedestrians to engage in physically distanced exercise.

Open streets project could return for Winnipeg cyclists this year; pedestrians will have to wait to use the routes

  WINNIPEG A City of Winnipeg committee is proposing to expand a pilot project for cyclists this summer, however, pedestrians will have to wait a bit to use the program this year. According to the standing policy committee on infrastructure renewal and public works, a total of 14 routes are being proposed for the Enhanced Summer Cycling Route pilot project, which would run from May 3 to November 5. The paths are only for cyclists, as an amendment needs to be made to the Highway Traffic Act to allow pedestrians to walk on the roads. The list of routes includes the following: Lyndale Drive Cromwell Street to Gauvin Street

Pallister s tax rebate puts $4,000 into his own pocket

Winnipeg Free Press By: Carol Sanders and Larry Kusch | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 8, 2021 Premier Brian Pallister promised that the 2021 provincial budget would leave more money on the kitchen tables of Manitobans, and it will including more than $4,000 on his own. Premier Brian Pallister promised that the 2021 provincial budget would leave more money on the kitchen tables of Manitobans, and it will including more than $4,000 on his own. The premier will receive $4,011, thanks to the education property tax rebate announced in Wednesday s budget. DAVID LIPNOWSKI / CANADIAN PRESS FILES Brian Pallister will receive $4,011, thanks to the education property tax rebate announced in Wednesday s budget.

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