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Candidates
Meetings
River Heights - Fort
Garry By-Election:
Bike to the Future (www.BiketotheFuture.org) and the Winnipeg Trails
Association (www.WinnipegTrails.com)
have arranged separate meetings at the Manitoba Eco-Centre with both of the
candidates in the upcoming River Heights - Fort Garry
by-election. The meetings will allow the candidates to
engage members of the community in a discussion about Active Transportation in
River Heights - Fort Garry, and learn about opportunities for improvements to
active transportation infrastructure and programming within the ward and
throughout Winnipeg as a whole.
WHY ATTEND
?
Of all the wards in Winnipeg, River Heights -
Fort Garry will be receiving a significant % of Active Transportation
infrastructure funding over the next 2-5 years for the following
projects:
- Bus Rapid Transit & AT
Corridor
- Jubilee Overpass
rehabilitation
- Proposed widening of Kenaston
Blvd.
- Burlington Rail Line
crossing
- Ikea & surrounding roadway
expansion
- Bishop Grandin Trail WEST
expansion
- Pembina & Bishop Grandin intersection AT
accommodations
River Heights - Fort Garry by way of physical location
is a key linkage in north / south - east / west - critical to quality
AT development.
DATES /
TIMES:
Geoff Currier: Tuesday
March 3rd, 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
John Orlikow:
Wednesday March 4th, noon to 1:30 PM
LOCATION:
The Manitoba Eco-Centre is on
the 3rd floor in the Mountain Equipment Building. Please use the entrance door
on Portage Avenue just east of the MEC store entrance.
RSVP:
If you plan to attend, please
RSVP to Mark Cohoe (mcohoe@mts.net) or Janice Lukes (jlukes@shaw.ca) so we will have an idea of how many people will be attending. Everyone
is welcome to attend.