Greenlands Centre Wellington Community Visions Workshop

What is your vision for trailways in TCW?

Could walking or cycling loops be established in the township? An example might be around Lake Belwood using the EC Trailway (south shore) and the Grand Valley trail (north shore).
A 'loonie' day on Earth Day could be started to raise funds for Greenland purposes.
Can the Elora to Guelph TCT link be completed?

Where would you like to locate additional trailways?

Trails should be connected, so far as possible, into a township wide network.
Developers should be encouraged to include walking and cycling paths which link where possible, to the Elora Cataract Trailway in all new developments.
Could trails be built on road allowance alongside existing roads?
Can cycling lanes be places on paved shoulders where other alternate routes are not feasible? (e.g. Guelph, Waterloo)
Can some walking trails be placed, with permission, on private lands (e.g. Bruce Trail)?

How do we expand and improve trailways in TCW?

Create ways to make donation of land and contribution to trails and greenlands easy and beneficial to the donor. (e.g. nature conservancy, tax receipts)
Are there ways of transferring land title to public entities for preservation?
Are there presently, in TCW, lands, which may be available for use as greenlands/ (ex: woodlot next to the Trestle Bridge which crosses the Grand River near Wellington County Museum)?
The wisdom of accepting cash in lieu of recreational lands was questioned. How the funds are obtained in this way used?
Can the trail/greenland system of TCW be connected to the Elora Gorge Park? Can roadblocks such as liability and revenue loss to GRCA be solved? (Ex: A sponsor from the community might, on the community’s behalf, compensate the GRCA for lost potential revenue).

How does the community benefit from trailways?

Trails form connecting links within and outside our community.
Trails provide non-motorized links for community needs such as school, shopping, links to parks and downtown.
Trails are a part of the transportation infrastructure and should be included in the municipal plan.
Trails provide natural corridors.
Trails can accommodate a variety of transportation modes, walking, cycling, skiing, horses back riding, wheelchairs, and snowmobiles.
Trails reduce the need for cars and therefore the use of fuels thus they improve the environment.
Trails can help to accommodate higher population density.
Trails provide educational opportunities. Trail events and hikes can be a vehicle to promote awareness of wildlife, plants, birds

Other points raised with respect to Trails

Need for garbage containers, washrooms, parking areas, benches along the trail, and unstructured park space along the trail, bike bells, poop and scoop, dogs on leashes…
Reduce vandalism on trails by engaging youth in trail building and increasing traffic on the trail.
Would local (municipal) ownership of the trail property be beneficial to trail maintenance?

What is your vision for trailways in TCW?

How do we expand and improve trailways in TCW? - Funding Options

How do we expand and improve trailways in TCW? - Fergus Issues

How do we expand and improve trailways in TCW? - Elora Issues

How does the community benefit from trailways?

Questions of the day.