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Victoria committee reviews walkability study, outlines trail priorities and maintenance plan
Summary
City staff presented objectives from a walkability study — promoting routes, adding wayfinding and benches, prioritizing trail gaps and a multi-year maintenance plan — and asked the senior committee whether to refer a formal plan to Parks & Recreation and City Council; no formal vote was taken.
City staff reviewed a draft walkability plan with the City of Victoria Senior Council, laying out priorities to promote walking routes, improve signage and wayfinding, add benches and accessible amenities, and create a trail replacement and maintenance schedule to support about 50 miles of trails and sidewalks in the city.
The staff presentation, framed as a next step toward a formal walkability plan, emphasized the need to promote mapped routes through digital portals and themed routes, add wayfinding signs and park amenities, and identify and rank trail gaps so the city can take advantage of larger transportation projects and grant funding.
City staff said the plan’s early objectives include promoting existing routes, improving navigation and signage, hosting engagement events to introduce residents to trails, and developing a multi-year maintenance and replacement plan so resurfacing and major repairs can be budgeted instead of handled as emergencies. “The first one is to promote our routes,” a City staff member said while outlining the staff priorities.
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