I clear the sidewalk in front of our house, usually days before the city sidewalk plow comes by – unless my neighbour beats me to it. In that case I try to do his sidewalk first after the next snowstorm. I do it as a favor for the walkers, because I am one of them. […]
Category: Traffic Management
Priority Setting Process Questions and Answers
Q. How did you arrive at this list of priorities? A. The list of priorities was derived from an open review of over 200 existing, pending and new project priorities which account for approximately 10-20% of the city’s resources and capacity. The two review meetings took place in the fall. Meeting 1: October 19, 2007 […]
Sidewalk snow clearing
Just a quick note to express my concern about the possibility of ending the sidewalk snow clearing operations by the city. I think it sends a strange message about value of “walkable communities” and I am very concerned about accessibility for those with mobility issues and our aging population, which in my mind makes sidewalk […]
Expansion of the Hanlon Expressway
I would like to pass on my comments on the proposed expansion of the Hanlon Expressway. The expressway was built in the year 2000 before we knew what we now know about the reality and devastating effects of global warming. We now know that human activity is the main contributor to climate change and that […]
Changes to Hanlon
The Hanlan non- expressway was ill conceived and designed from square one. Exits and egresses should have been modelled along the lines of Hwy 20/40 in Quebec. The Hanlon should be part of the 400 series of Ont highways. Check out the way Quebec built their exits and exits fro Hwy’s 20 and 40. JA […]
Sidewalk plows
According to the tribune I should let my councilor know if I have strong views on the sidewalk plows and I certainly do. I do not know why people do not shovel their sidewalks. I do a lot of walking and complain about the sidewalks. We were walking down Paisley on Sunday night and it […]
Sidewalk Plows Annual Budget Fodder
The following article appeared in the January 11 edition of the Guelph Tribune: It might be a tempting budget target, but eliminating mechanized plowing of sidewalks wouldn’t save the city a great deal of money, says city operations director Derek McCaughan. “It’s not as huge a saving as people might think,” said McCaughan, who gave […]
The Guelph-Hanlon Awareness Group
The Hanlon Parkway was conceived almost 40 years ago at a time when Guelph’s population was about 55,000. At that time most of us still believed in unlimited growth and were unaware of the profound impact our planning decisions had on the environment. In 1969, the Ministry completed a Functional Planning Study of the Hanlon […]
West Hanlon Neighbourhood Group & the Expressway
Guelph residents have organized a Working Committee that represents the interests of 102 (and ever growing) neighbours living west of the Hanlon. Our mandate includes coordinating our concerns to the Ministry of Transportation in response to the EA for the development of the future freeway. Read more.
DC’s and the South End Recreational Centre
There is a growing and very vocal number of residents living in the south end of Guelph advocating for a new recreational centre to be built as soon as possible. Currently, the City of Guelph has in it’s capital budget, construction of a new south end rec centre sometime in 2014. The projected cost of the rec centre […]