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All candidates meet & greet – Oct. 6

Published on October 1, 2014October 30, 2014 by cfna

“Drive Like You Live Here” campaign

Published on September 4, 2014March 15, 2015 by cfna2 Comments

Hey Central Frederick,

Just to keep you up to date with our next steps for Lancaster’s creative traffic calming.

It seems that Lancaster is not a high enough priority for the City to address our concerns, so, as a community of residents and commuters, we’ve been tasked with figuring out creative ways to communicate.

With all of our new little pedestrians headed to school and figuring out how to navigate the busy streets, we have made hand painted signs reminding motorists to drive like their children were the ones walking along Lancaster.

Currently they are between Brubacher and Frederick, and will be moved between Mansion and Frederick next week.

We’ve heard a lot of positive feedback from motorists, our crossing guard and residents. In order to share the backstory of what these signs are saying, to the highest number of motorists, we are starting an online campaign called Drive Like You Live Here.

HERE IS WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:

We are looking for lots and lots of pictures of people standing beside these signs. Not just kids; cyclists, dog walkers, seniors, families anyone who is affected.

There we’ll add them to our social media with the hashtag#drivelikeyoulivehere or a shoutout to our Twitter account @centralfred.

If you’re not on Twitter, no problem, just send us your photos and we’ll put them up.

Thanks again for your support!

MEDIA COVERAGE

‘Drive like you live here,’ Kitchener neighbours plead – Waterloo Region Record
These signs are popping up near Suddaby Public school – CTV Kitchener

The future of the Margaret Avenue bridge

Published on September 6, 2013September 10, 2013 by cfna

by James Howe

The Margaret Avenue bridge has been closed to vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians since the city received a report indicating that the bridge was at risk of collapsing.

Since that time, the city with the help of consultants have been figuring out how to proceed.

On Monday afternoon, the Council’s Community and Infrastructure Services Committee meets to consider this staff report on the future of the Margaret Avenue bridge. You may also be interested in some media reports on the future of the bridge from the local CBC radio station and the Waterloo Region Record.

The preferred option is to tear down the bridge as soon as possible and then begin planning for a replacement. So I doubt you’d see a replacement in 2014.

The staff report also considers temporary repairs that could reopen the bridge in 2014 but it’ll eventually need to be be torn down and replaced two years later. A benefit of this second option is that it’d reopen the bridge while Weber Street and King Street have major reconstructions over the next few years. Personally, I think that may be the better solution.

But no decisions have been made yet. The report goes to a council committee on Monday afternoon and later goes to a Council meeting. There is time to let Council and staff know what you think.

[Sept. 10 Note: There was a special council meeting to deal with this issue after the committee meeting on Sept. 9. The decision at both was to remove bridge as soon as possible and rebuild sooner than later.]

What do you think?

Do you prefer one option over the other? Is there another option the city should be considering?