Monday, July 6, 2009

Mayor wants better cycle plan

Moncton Times & Transcript, June 5
Author: Greg Weston

Moncton Mayor George LeBlanc remains committed to his campaign promise to make his city a more bike-friendly place and is urging city planners to make it happen faster.

"I want to accelerate it. My view has been that we've had these plans for 10 or 15 years and, although it's been moving along, it's far too slow," he said yesterday of the creation of a network of interconnected bike lanes and trails. Moncton's 2002 active transportation plan called for extensive cycling, walking, in-line skating and transit options throughout the city, but fewer than half of the highlighted bike routes have since been realized. Improving that situation was one of LeBlanc's main goals when he took office a year ago.

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