The E & N Rail Trail, boldly promised to be finished by “the 2010 Olympics” just a few years ago by the CRD (PDF), is now finally taking shape in Langford. I thought I would bike out there and see how it measured up. For starters, this little section of the trail is tiny. Much [...]
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Bowker Creek Greenway arrives … in Saanich
The Bowker Creek Greenway is starting to appear in Browning Park in Saanich. As I mentioned last fall, it is funded by provincial money via LocalMotion and federal stimulus dollars. When I was there yesterday, the asphalt had been poured but the construction fencing was still up. This wasn’t stopping people, as the new, very [...]
CRD Bike/Ped plan open house
With Phase 1 complete, the next phase of the CRD Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan is afoot. There is a public open house on the 29th of June from 5pm to 8pm. It will be held in the lobby of the CRD Building (625 Fisgard St). More details below:
CRD plans next Regional Pedestrian & Bicycle Master Plan event
The CRD Regional Pedestrian & Bicycle Master Plan (PCMP) is having its next public event on March 11. The event will cover the completed first phase of the plan, including the unveiling of the Bikeway Inventory Map. The plan, which launched last year, has already gone through some initial collection of public input. As has [...]
Wall of Fame and Community Initiatives Committee looking for people
The Wall of Fame selection committee is looking for people to add to the wall in 2010. The Wall of Fame is: a means to honour individuals who have been instrumental in the development of Oak Bay’s parks, facilities, and programs and who have exercised extraordinary commitment to the community of Oak Bay or performed [...]
The new CRD Bike/Ped plan
While some poor CRD staff get to deal with sewage, others are much luckier, working on the new Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan. As was reported in our local rag, the public kick-off events for the plan were earlier this week, although some of us were “lucky” enough to get involved a bit earlier. For [...]
The era of removing crosswalks is over…
…and not soon enough. For the past several decades crosswalks have been scraped up under the misguided assumption that it causes “pedestrians to act recklessly“. Even the US DOT Federal Highway Administration has changed its tune: Pedestrians are legitimate users of the transportation system, and they should, therefore, be able to use this system safely [...]
Notes from yesterday’s CRD bike/ped plan launch
The CRD is building a new bike and pedestrian master plan and to get the ball rolling, they hosted a launch & lunch party yesterday and they were kind enough to invite myself, Lesley Ewing and Gerald Smeltzer, all of us on the core team of the Oak Bay bike master plan. The event was [...]
Will they be concerned when somebody gets killed?
The Oak Bay Police are claiming that the intersection of Bowker and Cadboro Bay Rd. isn’t a problem, because most people do the speed limit. Let me rephrase that, while the police watched, people didn’t speed. Colour me not shocked. Having lived on Cadboro Bay Rd for just over three years, if most people are [...]
Monday Quick Links
There are a few interesting announcements today from the CRD and the Federal Government regarding communities, planning and green space. The CRD is looking for people to sit on their Regional Parks citizen advisory panel for the new Regional Parks Strategic Plan. If you are interested, the site has documents with more information and the [...]
