03-12-2019, 02:03 PM
(03-12-2019, 01:30 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(03-12-2019, 01:23 PM)KevinL Wrote: A relatively small connection, but one that was promised in earlier diagrams - a trail from the south corner of Barwood up the hill to the main McLennan park facilities has just started work. Location: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4190584,...a=!3m1!1e3
These kind of small connections are hugely meaningful, because they really improve the walking conditions. However, they're usually very hard to retrofit, because they require land. I wonder why this section of land that the city apparently owns exists.
And on that point, they should also connect the parking lot of the Newport towers to the south.
But I could probably come up with a list of hundreds of other examples where this type of enhancement would be helpful.
For that matter, many others around that side of McClellan park alone. Of course, there's also this beauty: https://www.google.com/maps/@43.415355,-...312!8i6656 . which has no sidewalk on either side...very confusing.
There are plenty of other examples of this. It seems the developer made provisions for a connection and paved their part, but that the City never followed through on their land. The example at the end of Dunsmere is particularly egregious as it's a key missing link in a series of paths connecting the west side of that neighbourhood to the greenway.