New walking paths will provide residents with alternative and more secure route to access local businesses while promoting an active lifestyle in the community
May 21, 2015 Arborg, Manitoba
Representatives from three levels of government were in the Town of Arborg today to announce funding for new multi-use pathways for the Town of Arborg and the Village of Dunnottar. Residents in both communities will soon be able to walk, run, or cycle on routes reserved specifically for non-motorized traffic.
In Arborg, an asphalt path of close to 230 metres will run from River Road to Crosstown Avenue. Scheduled for a September completion, it will provide local residents with a safe walking route with access to nearby businesses.
Construction is scheduled to begin in July on several limestone walkways, together totalling approximately one kilometer, from the Dunnottar Station Museum to the south end of the community. They will increase pedestrian and cyclist safety especially during the busy summer months. They will promote an active, healthy lifestyle in an age friendly community like Dunnottar that has an extremely active senior population.
These two projects are benefitting from the Small Communities Transportation Fund, which reserves a part of the province's annual federal Gas Tax Fund allocation to help address the active transportation and public transportation needs of Manitoba's smaller communities.
"Our Government is pleased to support the construction of new walking paths in Arborg and Dunnottar. They will offer residents looking to walk and bike through those communities, or simply trying to access local businesses, with an alternative and safer route, away from the busy roads. The federal Gas Tax Fund, part of the historic New Building Canada Plan, is just one of the ways we are carrying out our commitment to build better communities while creating jobs and enhancing economic growth across the country."
James Bezan
Member of Parliament for Selkirk-Interlake
On behalf of the Honourable Denis Lebel,
Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
Michele-Jamali Paquette
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of Infrastructure, Communities and Intergovernmental Affairs and
Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
613-943-1838
Caedmon Malowany
Cabinet Communications
Province of Manitoba
204-945-1494
Lorraine Bardarson
Chief Administrative Officer
Town of Arborg
204-376-2647
Janice Thevenot
Chief Administrative Officer
Village of Dunnottar
204-389-4962
Infrastructure Canada
613-960-9251
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