07-28-2016, 07:14 PM
(07-28-2016, 06:36 PM)ijmorlan Wrote:(07-28-2016, 06:29 PM)MacBerry Wrote: While MUT trails are a great resource for cyclists where appropriate, they constitute undue hazards and a lack of accessibility for others when not meeting the required planning act provisions. MUT are NOT replacements for sidewalks. Placing only a trail down the middle of the road would be in contravention of the Ontario Planning Act, 1990 (Revised) as well as the Official Plan of the City of Waterloo and the Region of Waterloo.
Hmmm, it just occurred to me that if we take what you wrote literally, then all those places on Fischer-Hallman and Weber where the “sidewalk” is actually a MUT are in contravention as well. Not sure what to think of that…
I have not driven by the new Weber Street section with intent to notice the path of travel off the roadway. If I remember correctly there is a park on the east side of Weber where the road curves. I believe that MUTs are allowed as surfaces within parks so you may be correct on the Weber Street east side but only for the short section that traverses the park.