The Kawartha Green Trails Alliance
WELCOME
The Kawartha Lakes Green Trails Alliance is a not for profit organization whose mission is to promote a compatible system of sustainable trails within the City of Kawartha Lakes for the benefit of all residents and visitors. The organization seeks to be a voice for self propelled, active trail opportunities. Along with our Alliance partners we seek to improve personal health and the local economy by promoting walking and cycling opportunities for residents to encourage active lifestyles. Through the volunteer efforts of our Board of Directors and members our vision is to have the City of Kawartha Lakes become a better place to live by improving cycling, walking, jogging, running, in line skating opportunities and accessibility for the disabled. Read about our successes in our detailed list of accomplishments. Add your voice to our organization, become a member today!
SAY NO!! ATVs ON LINDSAY STREETS
Ten Reasons to say No to ATV’s in Lindsay
1. Safety – The streets on the proposed route have high traffic volumes and are walking and cycling routes to schools, downtown and workplaces. Adding ATV’s to the mix is dangerous for existing traffic, pedestrians, cyclists and the ATV riders themselves.
2. Enforcement - Bylaw officers and the local police service are already at capacity with enforcing existing bylaws and vehicle traffic.
3. Quality of Life for ALL residents - Noise and dust levels will be increased.
4. Costs-There will be costs to tax payers for additional enforcement, road repairs, signage and staff time to implement this proposed road route.
5. Economic Impact- Routing ATVs through the proposed road route does not provide access to many businesses, so there is minimal to no economic impact.
6. Losing the Legacy Trail as a safe community trail for walking and cycling – Community dollars have funded the paving and designation of the Legacy Trail (north portion of the VRTC) as an urban, non-motorized trail. Slower trail users, including pedestrians, cyclists, senior citizens and mothers pushing baby strollers will be forced off the trail due to personal safety concerns.
7. Urban values – Routing ATVs through a large urban center like Lindsay goes against provincial and municipal policy direction to decrease motor vehicle use and improve cycling and pedestrian infrastructure.
8. Market value – Living beside a trail in an urban area can add value or decrease the value of your house, depending on the uses allowed on the trail.
9. Dead End- the VRTC south of Lindsay is a dead end at Bethany.
10. ATVs are not to be on road according to the ATV manufacturers. Allowing them on our roads is presenting a risk for the riders to roll over and incur serious injuries.
Take action!
1. TAKE THE SURVEY
An online survey located on the City’s website at www.city.kawarthalakes.on.ca is available for your input on this matter.
Written submissions can also be sent to
Public Works,
P.O. Box 9000,
Lindsay, Ontario
K9V 5R8
Attention: Michelle Hendry, Director of Public Works
or via email to
ahayter@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca
2. Watch for and Respond to the newspaper ad that Calls for public input to allow this to happen.
3. Attend the Meeting Thursday, May 10th at 7:00 p.m. at the Victoria Park Armoury on Kent St. W. in Lindsay.
>>> Meeting details here <<< >>>> Proposed Route Map (PDF) <<<
4. Call:
Mayor McGee- 705-324-9411 ext. 320
Councilor Dunn- 705-324-9411 ext. 322
5. Email the Lindsay Councilors:
Mayor McGee-
rmcgee@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca
Councilor Pat Dunn-
pdunn@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca
Councilor Andy Luff-
aluff@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca
Councilor Pat O’Reilly-
poreilly@city.kawarthalakes.on.ca
Earth
Day 2012
Members of Kawartha Lakes Green Trails Alliance clean up the Legacy Trail as part of Earth Day 2012
Click image to download & view at full size
TRAIL CLEAN UP DAY
Saturday, April 21st is our Trail Clean Up Day. If anyone wants to volunteer to help clean up the trail we are starting at 9:00 AM at either Victoria Junction, which is the corner of William Street and Orchard Park, Lindsay or the Springdale Gardens access area.
presents
ADVENTURE TRAVEL FESTIVAL 2012
Film & Public Speaking Series
June 1-2, 2012
for more information visit
www.ADVENTURETRAVELFESTIVAL.ca
PRESS RELEASE Carew Park gets paved walking and cycling trail.
Lindsay,
Ontario September 26, 2011
The Kawartha Lakes Green Trails Alliance is pleased to announce that its
Ontario Trillium Foundation grant application has been approved for
$38,400. 00 and construction work on the new accessible trail in Carew
Park along Colbourne Street East adjacent to the Scugog River has
started.
read more...
Thanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation funds for the development of Carew Park. The paved trail has been approved.
http://www.trilliumfoundation.org
>>>HELP SUPPORT THE KAWARTHA TRANS CANADA TRAIL <<<
>>>Download the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail Brochure<<<
>>>NEXT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING<<<
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Guest Speaker – Ian Attridge on Cycling in South America and Europe
>>>Download the flyer<<<
Celebrating the life of Ernest Thompson Seton
City of Kawartha Lakes ON - (February 15, 2011) – It may be Lindsay’s best-kept secret: renowned Canadian naturalist and artist Ernest Thompson Seton spent a formative part of his childhood in Lindsay between 1866 and 1870. more...
New Newsletters
New for 2011, The Kawartha Green Trails Alliance now publishes a newsletter.
>>>See the newsletter archive here.<<<
The Kawartha Green Trails Alliance Presents a Deputation to Local Council
April 12, 2010 The Lindsay Post
Bill Steffler of the Kawartha Green Trails Alliance and Mike Gorman of the Kawartha Cycling Club spoke on Apr. 12 about the need to establish a greenway along the Scugog River, the Legacy Trail and the Victoria Rail Trail.
They were joined by Mark Cossarin and Barb MacPherson and a contingent of students making a community appeal for a greenway.
The green team was after a non motorized, two-kilometre trail connecting McDonnell Park to Ken Reid Conservation Authority, and specifically from Thunderbridge Road to Ken Reid. In their presentation, Steffler and Gorman said it would create a 7.5km trail, for more than 25,000 residents. "It will provide for a safe and quality human powered trail experience for such activities as hiking, walking, cycling, dog walking, jogging, wheelchairs and other self propelled activities."
A motion for a non-motorized trail was defeated by a 12-5 count.
Green Trails Alliance completes Legacy Trail Kiosk.
Plans for 2010 are to do the landscaping around the kiosk.
>>>see the kiosk and read the panels<<<
Special project - Sound Bytes from the Kawartha Trans Canada Trail
Download the individual MP3 narrative information files and save them to your personal MP3 player...
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Kawartha Trans Canada Trail Podcast Event
Green Trails Alliance announces the winners!
iPOD winner: Janice Jones-Skinner Lindsay
Pedometer winners: Barb Boyd- Lindsay and Stacy Meenam- Lindsay
GPS/GEOCACHING TRAINING
In one and half hours you can learn how to use a GPS unit to find hidden treasures around the world ( over 70 caches hidden in City of Kawartha Lakes alone)
- For $10 you can be given a one-one personal lesson.
- You will find two or three hidden caches
- GPS units are provided for Free Use
- All funds are used to help maintain and build trails in CKL
Contact; Barb MacPherson barb_macpherson@sympatico.ca
Village of Bethany wants to stop ATVs from using their roads.
Check out there web site and their on line petition at- http://noatvsplease.wordpress.com/
"Closing the Gap" Campaign
The campaign is designed to establish a cycling and walking route through Lindsay connecting the Legacy Trail located at the corner of William Street North and Orchard Park and the Scugog Rotary Trail in Lindsay. more...
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Deb Kraan- Green Trails Director with help of two Girl
Guides
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Joe Kraan- helping Girl Guide plant tree along Lindsay Legacy
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Singer and Song Writer -David Archibald was commissioned by the Kawartha Lakes Green Trails Alliance to write a song about the new Kawartha Trans Canada Trail more...
Play One Step at a Time (mp3)
