It’s time for Mayor Krausert and Council to rethink its redevelopment plans for Canmore's favorite pathway.
Proposed changes listed in the Bow River Pathway Conceptual Design - drastic widening, paving, lighting and new bridges - will create a ‘bike highway’ along the bank of the Bow River.
If Mayor and Council move forward with this plan, the beloved, crushed gravel path will be flattened and widened - first to 11.5 feet (3.5 metres), then paved with black asphalt.
The Town says they will further widen path to 18 feet (5.5 metres) and add artificial street lights later, if they so choose. Town Engineer confirmed in July 1 news article that two new 5.5 metre wide bridges will be built! Town also sent letter in June to affected residents saying the path would be widened to 5.5m.
Click to see comparable project in Santa Monica: www.stopthebikehighway.ca
The bad plan is at odds with Canmore's own Environmental Stewardship policy and public commitment to green policies!
Early work is underway and there’s no time to lose.
The Town's Plan is Wrong for Canmore. It will...
- Be unsafe for walkers, joggers, children, pets and casual cyclists, who will be moving much slower than high speed e-bikes, e-scooters and racing cyclists
- Displace wildlife, including elk, who now use this unique area of the Bow Valley as a calving habitat - The path has been closed for elk calving in the past
- Disrupt habitat of Bull Trout, Alberta's Threatened native species - new bridge construction will require work in Canmore Creek bed where fish eggs are laid
- Harm the natural environment, with trees being cut and asphalt being applied
- Create light pollution in a natural wildlife habitat
- Cost taxpayers $ millions - capital and annual maintenance costs - that could be better spent on urgent and existing needs for our community
Mayor Krausert and Councillors, There’s a Better Path
We support sensible and moderate improvements to this beloved pathway. Council should consider other viable alternatives for high-speed commuter bike traffic.
We support:
- Moderate widening of the pathway and bridges to a maximum of 10 feet (3 metres)
- Maintaining the gravel surface
- No artificial lights
- No high-speed traffic (user speeds less than 20 km/hr)
- Building new routes to support active transportation, including extending the Legacy Trail to the Three Sisters entrance
- Improve dedicated bike lanes on Three Sisters Parkway with protected lanes (curbs)
There’s no time to lose - capital budgets for 2023 and beyond are being prepared now and will be passed in Nov/Dec 2022.
If you care about this important issue, please sign this petition and include your comments at time of signing. Add your support behind over 1600 others who have signed the paper version of this petition or this digital petition.
Also, please email Mayor Sean Krausert and Councillors to express your opposition to such drastic, unwise and unnecessary changes.
Stay informed:
https://www.stopthebikehighway.ca
https://www.twitter.com/bowriverpath
Please note: any donation you may make via this site goes to ipetitions, not Friends of the Path.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
January 7, 2023
January 7, 2023
I just checked the count and we are gaining traction so quickly that it actually makes my head spin a little bit. We really need to get over that five hundred mark before the meeting starts because seeing that specific number on the page will show the council we mean business right now.
Reached 100 supporters
August 22, 2022
241 Comments
I don’t like walking, riding on paved paths. They are slippery in winter and an eye sore. The sun doesn’t melt the ice in winter as the mtns block the sun in this location. The maintenance and initial cost is not Necessary.
The plans for a bike highway is overkill - will destroy the romance. There are spots that need repair such as smoothing out, flattening, and sharp curves which would help this 84 year old biker feel more safe. Do not turn this path into a highway -would scare me!
Of the estimated $5,470,000 total budget in the Bow River Pathway Conceptual Design document, $1,365,550 is definitely not wise use of our tax dollars: $555,750 on concrete, $359,800 on asphalt and $450,000 on lighting that citizens do not want or need.
Unnecessary. Huge waste of our tax dollars. Canmore's expanded 5.5 meter trail would be wider than Legacy Trail, Vancouver's Stanley Park path, the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail in Toronto, and trails in Chicago, Dallas, Boston...how can the Town justify this?
We need places to walk safely with pets & children without competing with e-bikes. This will disrupt the wildlife movement in our areas even more than the current major infrastructure that has misplace them. (housing projects in Stewart Creek).
As longtime homeowners in Canmore where our family has lived since before the 2088 Olympics, we strongly oppose Paving and/or Lighting of the path along the dyke and particularly paving or lighting of the small dirt wildlife path through the forest from Veterans Park to the dyke, when there is already the established and highly utilized footpath from the end of Riverview Place only about 50 meters away. Please protect our beloved wildlife against light pollution and intrusion while at the same time preserving quality of life for the residents.
This is a terrible idea.
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It’s time for Mayor Krausert and Council to rethink its redevelopment plans for Canmore's favorite pathway.
Proposed changes listed in the Bow River Pathway Conceptual Design - drastic widening, paving, lighting and new bridges - will create a ‘bike highway’ along the bank of the Bow River.
If Mayor and Council move forward with this plan, the beloved, crushed gravel path will be flattened and widened - first to 11.5 feet (3.5 metres), then paved with black asphalt.
The Town says they will further widen path to 18 feet (5.5 metres) and add artificial street lights later, if they so choose. Town Engineer confirmed in July 1 news article that two new 5.5 metre wide bridges will be built! Town also sent letter in June to affected residents saying the path would be widened to 5.5m.
Click to see comparable project in Santa Monica: www.stopthebikehighway.ca
The bad plan is at odds with Canmore's own Environmental Stewardship policy and public commitment to green policies!
Early work is underway and there’s no time to lose.
The Town's Plan is Wrong for Canmore. It will...
- Be unsafe for walkers, joggers, children, pets and casual cyclists, who will be moving much slower than high speed e-bikes, e-scooters and racing cyclists
- Displace wildlife, including elk, who now use this unique area of the Bow Valley as a calving habitat - The path has been closed for elk calving in the past
- Disrupt habitat of Bull Trout, Alberta's Threatened native species - new bridge construction will require work in Canmore Creek bed where fish eggs are laid
- Harm the natural environment, with trees being cut and asphalt being applied
- Create light pollution in a natural wildlife habitat
- Cost taxpayers $ millions - capital and annual maintenance costs - that could be better spent on urgent and existing needs for our community
Mayor Krausert and Councillors, There’s a Better Path
We support sensible and moderate improvements to this beloved pathway. Council should consider other viable alternatives for high-speed commuter bike traffic.
We support:
- Moderate widening of the pathway and bridges to a maximum of 10 feet (3 metres)
- Maintaining the gravel surface
- No artificial lights
- No high-speed traffic (user speeds less than 20 km/hr)
- Building new routes to support active transportation, including extending the Legacy Trail to the Three Sisters entrance
- Improve dedicated bike lanes on Three Sisters Parkway with protected lanes (curbs)
There’s no time to lose - capital budgets for 2023 and beyond are being prepared now and will be passed in Nov/Dec 2022.
If you care about this important issue, please sign this petition and include your comments at time of signing. Add your support behind over 1600 others who have signed the paper version of this petition or this digital petition.
Also, please email Mayor Sean Krausert and Councillors to express your opposition to such drastic, unwise and unnecessary changes.
Stay informed:
https://www.stopthebikehighway.ca
https://www.twitter.com/bowriverpath
Please note: any donation you may make via this site goes to ipetitions, not Friends of the Path.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
January 7, 2023
January 7, 2023
I just checked the count and we are gaining traction so quickly that it actually makes my head spin a little bit. We really need to get over that five hundred mark before the meeting starts because seeing that specific number on the page will show the council we mean business right now.
Reached 100 supporters
August 22, 2022
241 Comments
I am shocked that the town is considering this, if you pave it and widen it it will increase the speed of bikes especially E bikes. The town has far more pressing issues to deal with, please do not waste OUR money on something that is not needed.
I don’t like walking, riding on paved paths. They are slippery in winter and an eye sore. The sun doesn’t melt the ice in winter as the mtns block the sun in this location. The maintenance and initial cost is not Necessary.
The plans for a bike highway is overkill - will destroy the romance. There are spots that need repair such as smoothing out, flattening, and sharp curves which would help this 84 year old biker feel more safe. Do not turn this path into a highway -would scare me!
Of the estimated $5,470,000 total budget in the Bow River Pathway Conceptual Design document, $1,365,550 is definitely not wise use of our tax dollars: $555,750 on concrete, $359,800 on asphalt and $450,000 on lighting that citizens do not want or need.
Unnecessary. Huge waste of our tax dollars. Canmore's expanded 5.5 meter trail would be wider than Legacy Trail, Vancouver's Stanley Park path, the Great Lakes Waterfront Trail in Toronto, and trails in Chicago, Dallas, Boston...how can the Town justify this?
We need places to walk safely with pets & children without competing with e-bikes. This will disrupt the wildlife movement in our areas even more than the current major infrastructure that has misplace them. (housing projects in Stewart Creek).
As longtime homeowners in Canmore where our family has lived since before the 2088 Olympics, we strongly oppose Paving and/or Lighting of the path along the dyke and particularly paving or lighting of the small dirt wildlife path through the forest from Veterans Park to the dyke, when there is already the established and highly utilized footpath from the end of Riverview Place only about 50 meters away. Please protect our beloved wildlife against light pollution and intrusion while at the same time preserving quality of life for the residents.
This is a terrible idea.
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I am shocked that the town is considering this, if you pave it and widen it it will increase the speed of bikes especially E bikes. The town has far more pressing issues to deal with, please do not waste OUR money on something that is not needed.