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Macleod Trail upgrade report to be further studied by city
Plan calls for wider sidewalks, cycle lanes, more trees and lower speed limit
CBC News Posted: Oct 10, 2014 9:06 PM MT Last Updated: Oct 10, 2014 9:06 PM MT

The city spent $600,000 on the Macleod Trail report discussed Friday at a standing policy committee meeting on transportation.
The city spent $600,000 on the Macleod Trail report discussed Friday at a standing policy committee meeting on transportation. (CBC)


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A plan to upgrade a long stretch of Macleod Trail got a rough ride Friday from city councillors.

The plan calls for wider sidewalks, cycle lanes, more trees and a lower speed limit for the busy roadway from Anderson Road to 25th Avenue.

Bike lanes, wider medians eyed for Macleod Trail update
The $120-million plan comes without a timeframe for implementation, and it's not currently in city council's 10-year plan.

Some councillors like the plan, but Coun. Peter Demong says the report seems aimed at discouraging car use — and he says that's not a realistic vision of Macleod Trail's future.

"We want to encourage business to continue to develop there, but that doesn't mean we have to make the automobile go away," he said. "So there are parts of it that we want to keep, parts of it we want to scrap and parts of it we want to adapt."

A council committee voted Friday to refer the report — which cost taxpayers $600,000 — to administration until early next year for further study.

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