Backgrounder: Federal government invests nearly $350,000 in active transportation in the Outaouais region
Backgrounder
The federal government is investing $348,938 through the Active Transportation Fund to support nine infrastructure projects in the Outaouais region. These projects will increase the safety and accessibility of active transportation in the region, while helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change.
Project Information:
Recipient |
Location |
Project Name |
Project Details |
Funding Stream |
Federal Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Centre de gestion des déplacements de l’Outaouais et de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
City of Gatineau |
Awareness campaign to promote active transportation by bicycle in Gatineau |
This project aims to encourage recreational cyclists to use bicycles as a means of transportation and educate non-cyclists about the benefits of cycling. |
Active Transportation |
$50,000 |
Centre de gestion des déplacements de l’Outaouais et de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
City of Gatineau |
Plan for bicycle parking areas and “bicibornes” for the City of Gatineau |
This project aims to identify locations within the City of Gatineau territory where bicycle parking areas and bicibornes can be installed in order to provide cycling facilities that meet the needs of users and increase the use of bicycles for travel purpose. |
Active Transportation |
$49,910 |
Centre de gestion des déplacements de l’Outaouais et de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
City of Gatineau |
Development of a school transportation plan and methodology for a high school in the City of Gatineau |
This project aims to develop a methodology and a school travel plan for the Polyvalente Nicolas-Gatineau in order to make walking and cycling home-to-school safer and more attractive. |
Active Transportation |
$43,183 |
Centre de gestion des déplacements de l’Outaouais et de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Cœur-des-Vallées School Service Centre |
School travel plans for two elementary schools of the Coeur-des-Vallées School Service Centre |
This project aims to develop school travel plans for Saint-Michel (Montebello) and Adrien-Guillaume (Chénéville) elementary schools in order to make walking and cycling home-to-school safer and more attractive. |
Active Transportation |
$15,318 |
Centre de gestion des déplacements de l’Outaouais et de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Service Centre |
Deployment of the “Going to school on foot or by bike, I can do it!” active transportation promotion campaign for the schools of the Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais |
This campaign promotes active transportation for elementary school students aged 5 to 12. |
Active Transportation |
$49,809 |
Centre de gestion des déplacements de l’Outaouais et de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Service Centre |
School travel plans for five elementary schools and one high school of the Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Service Centre |
This project aims to develop school travel plans for Poupore (Fort-Coulonge), L’Envolée (Campbell’s Bay),Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur (Isles-aux-Allumettes), Sainte-Anne (Île-du-Grand-Calumet) and Sainte-Marie (Otter Lake) elementary schools as well as for Sieur-de-Coulonge (Mansfield-et-Pontefract) high school in order to make walking and cycling home-to-school safer and more attractive. |
Active Transportation |
$38,895 |
Centre de gestion des déplacements de l’Outaouais et de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Municipality of Cantley |
Development of a local transportation plan for the residents and schools of the Municipality of Cantley |
This project aims to develop active transportation in Cantley by improving, modifying or adding infrastructure and facilities for safety, accessibility and the promotion of active transportation. |
Active Transportation |
$47,495 |
Centre de gestion des déplacements de l’Outaouais et de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Municipality of Chelsea |
Development of a local transportation plan for the Municipality of Chelsea |
This project aims to develop a local transportation plan for the area around Scott Street in order to develop active transportation in Chelsea. |
Active Transportation |
$40,365 |
Centre de gestion des déplacements de l’Outaouais et de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue |
Municipality of La Pêche |
Deployment of the “Going to school on foot or by bike, I can do it!” active transportation promotion campaign for the schools in La Pêche |
This campaign promotes active transportation for elementary school students aged 5 to 12. |
Active Transportation |
$13,873 |