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Our Full-Page “Parks, Not Parkways” Ad in the Peterborough Examiner

image of full page Examiner ad, Nov. 7Our campaign is escalating!

Your donations and passionate responses to our petition made this full-page ad in the November 7th Peterborough Examiner possible. The ad’s message:

“Mayor Bennett and members of Council, we want Parks, not Parkways. We are deeply concerned with current proposals to pave the Parkway corridor and build a bridge through Jackson Park. There are better choices for our City’s transportation and other needs.”

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It’s a Glorified Sidewalk, Not a Trail

image of City Trail before Medical DriveOne of the main points AECOM is putting forward in their efforts to reduce opposition to their proposals to pave the Parkway is that a trail can still be accommodated beside the Parkway road. For trail users, it is possibly the one part of the proposals that makes the least sense. A trail beside a road does not equal a trail through greenspace. Continue reading

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