It all leads to
downtown The City of Winnipeg votes in favour of a new strategy for clearing snow from active transportation priority routes By Shayna Wiwierski
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innipeg city council will consider additional funding requirements for a new winter maintenance strategy in the 2019 budget process later this fall.
was first requested in March 2016, which will aim to prioritize specific roads, sidewalks, and pathways to provide better access for pedestrians and cyclists to navigate during winter.
At the end of May 2018, city council voted in favour of a new winter maintenance strategy to better clear snow along Winnipeg’s active transportation routes. The strategy
“The whole idea was to connect neighbourhoods and connect some of our transportation facilities, so we could move pedestrians and cyclists through our winter,” says
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Cheryl Anderson, acting manager of streets maintenance with the City of Winnipeg, who adds that the routes were determined through recent consultation with stakeholders. “[It was the] routes they proposed as being important for them. They all lead towards the downtown area.” City of Winnipeg’s snow clearing and ice control operations are guided by ISSUE 2 - 2018 | SNOW MANAGER
