Trails a Key Issue At Prince George City Council this Evening

Monday, November 19, 2007 03:57 AM

Prince George City Council will hear about the importance of trails during two different matters at its meeting this eveing.

The Prince George Golf and Country Club will present its request to have some property rezoned for its new golf course, and the matter of trails and access to trails were key concerns at the public consultations.

The Trails Task Force will present its report to Council this evening. The task force is making some recommendations including a request for $150 thousand in funding to protect and repair the 85 km of existing trails, plus increase the budget for general maintenance to $1,000 per km of trail, meaning the budget would have to be increased by 85 thousand dollars.

Also on the agenda for this evening's session, the Hospice Society is looking to increase the size of its Clapperton facility but in order to do that, it would need some development variances and a rezoning to allow for the extra beds. Council will also receive the draft bylaw that would prevent exotic animal perfomances in the city. That bylaw was first requested in May of this year.

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Posted by: Chadermando on November 19 2007 5:19 AM

Money well spent IMO on a recreation infrastructure that is free to all users and used by a huge cross section of society. At the cost of a couple of city employees the value in the trail system far exceeds the utility of a couple of city employees.

Posted by: Bridge on November 19 2007 10:25 AM

Tell me Chader if this money is so well spent how far and how often do you use the trail system?

Those that I know that walk use local areas like the old Ginter propety and Moores Meadow on which the City hasn't spent a dime to improve. In fact they have all but destroyed the ambience of the Ginter propery by runing a 14 inch water line through it and built a gravel road across it for heaven knows what purpose.

Its another of their dreams like the million dollar tunnel across Highway 16.

Cheers

Posted by: seamutt on November 19 2007 10:52 AM

There is quite an extensive trail system in the college hieghts area but is being destroyed by atv's digging big ruts. These ruts are making very hard to walk and almost impossible to ride a bike. Thanks atv riders keep uo the good work.

It is against the law to ride atv's anywhere inside city limits and since the city doesn't inforce the law lets save some money and get rid of the bylaw deptment. Does anyone know what the bylaw dept. does?

Why would the city care about the trail system anyhow they give no care to the pathways inside subdivisions. The city is trying to encourage people to walk but these pathways are not maintained or cleared of snow.

Posted by: owl on November 19 2007 11:48 AM

"In fact they have all but destroyed the ambience of the Ginter propery by runing a 14 inch water line through it and built a gravel road across it for heaven knows what purpose."

Foothills will continue south to hook up with Ferry. The waterline is part of that work.

After that, if the City ever grows some more within the next 25 or 75 years ... the residential development on eithr side of Tyner will be built and at one point during that development, Massey will be take up the hill as outlined in that approved plan. Both those roads will impact what is known as the Ginter Property. In fact, the initial plans of that crossing as laid out some 30 years ago called for a cloverleaf-type intersection and the ginter house was right in the middle of one of the ramps.

Posted by: astro on November 19 2007 4:25 PM

There used to be an extensive trail system at the upper bench at the end of Malaspina Ave. but it was destroyed by a housing development. A trail around the development was promised but never completed. The lower bench trails are now getting destroyed by the building of the unneeded Malaspina extension and other excavations.

Posted by: Harbinger on November 19 2007 5:03 PM

ATVs within the city limits? Bylaw enforcement officers? No more hassling RVers at Wally mart. I don't see a problem. Maybe used car sales at various sites within the city keep them busy. I just don't know. It is getting colder, so I guess the offense better be worth it to them when they get out of their nice warm trucks.

Posted by: Runner46 on November 19 2007 8:27 PM

I remember an extensive trail system where I grew up in Point Grey. It was called the UBC Endowment Lands, and it is still there.
http://www.discovervancouver.com/gvb/ubc-endowment-lands.asp

My first adult family home was in Port Coquitlam. There I remember the extensive trail system along Hyde Creek.
I see it has developed into quite an area because of concerned people http://www.hydecreek.org/

In both cases they have survived because of people who have banded together under a common cause and done something about it, rather than just blah, blah, blah.

Gather around the hitchen` post gals and guys. Who is up to puttin` there money where their mouth is???