2016 Achievements
Infrastructure Services
Parks and Recreation Master Plan
The Master Plan will guide planning and decision making related to parks and recreation for the next 20 years.
Residents’ input on parks and recreation spaces, facilities, trails, programs and services offered by the District of
Lake Country was collected to help the municipality make important decisions on future community investment.
A multi-faceted public engagement process through 2015-2016 garnered
significant input from citizens of all ages by using a mobile kiosk approach
at various public events and the high school, using social media and
traditional media as well as stakeholder workshops.
Bike Lockers
Using the work of local artist, Sheila Tansey, two new bike lockers in Lake
Country are now decked out as public art that promote active
transportation. As the road upgrades identified in Lake Country’s
Transportation for Tomorrow program are made to include more safe
pedestrian pathways, sidewalks and bike lanes, it is hoped that more
people in the community will choose to get around using active
transportation methods like walking and cycling, and will feel safer doing
it. Woodsdale Rd., Bottom Wood Lake Rd., Sherman Dr. and Greenhow
Rd. were upgraded during the 2016 summer so students heading to
school in September would notice a positive difference.
“We now have the best looking bike
lockers in the region and we want to
encourage more people to get out of
cars and walk or cycle,” said
Director of Infrastructure Services,
Greg Buchholz. “When they drive
by the new bike locker at the
roundabout at Bottom Wood Lake
Rd and Berry Rd, by the bus stop,
we hope people will think about
using a more active form of
transportation like walking or
cycling to get around the
community.”
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