KEY HIGHLIGHTS
The floodway’s landscaping and recreational plan includes:
1.A non-motorized, 52-km recreational trail to be known as Duff Roblin Parkway Trail (including a five-km paved section on the west side of the floodway channel and a three-km paved section leading into Birds Hill Provincial Park), which will support a variety of nonmotorized recreational activities including walking, jogging, rollerblading, hiking and biking.
2.A pedestrian overpass bridge to provide safe public access across PTH 59 between Duff Roblin Parkway Trail and Birds Hill Provincial Park.
3.Six staging areas to support recreational activities at various intervals along Duff Roblin Parkway Trail (Prairie Grove, Gunn Road, Garven Road, Donald Road, Kirkness Road and Lockport).
4.A Naturalization and Revegetation strategy for the floodway that will include two native and naturalized grass areas for viewing by the public.
5.Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship’s Trees for Tomorrow program, which has planted over 70,000 trees, consisting of approximately 65,500 hybrid poplar rooted cuttings comprising nine different clones and 6,000 jack pine seedlings, at five different sites along the floodway. The department is also maintainingthe plantations to enhance tree performance.
6.A designated activity site/toboggan hill located close to Kirkness Road.
7.A floating bridge to facilitate pedestrian crossing of the low-flow channel during normal summer water levels.
8.Trail linkages to other recreational opportunities including Birds Hill and Duff Roblin provincial parks, and the Trans Canada Trail.
9.Summer recreational use opportunities including walking, hiking, rollerblading, bicycling and mountain biking.
10.Winter recreational use opportunities such as cross-country skiing, tobogganing, snowshoeing, kiteboarding and dogsledding.
11.Trail sections adjacent to all of the staging areas, which have been designed to universal standards to provide access and a variety of trail experiences for both people with and without disabilities.
12.The use of recycled asphalt material from various Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation projects and recycled crushed concrete and recycled limestone material from various floodway bridge projects for the majority of the volume of the base material used in the construction of the trail/service access road.
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13.Hay lease opportunities for agricultural producers.
14.A community garden pilot project, which has been established off St. Mary’s Road along the south side of the floodway.
15.Discussions which are underway with Sno-Man to allow the snowmobile organization to establish and manage a proposed future groomed snowmobile trail along the east side of the floodway.
16.Engagement of individuals and communities through activities such as tree planting, cleanup days, etc., to establish an overall ‘sense of community ownership’ for the project for the public.
17.An interpretive program, which will be developed to educate the public on the floodway system which will include signage for features, the trailhead, wayfinding (including mileage markers), interpretation, public safety and regulation.
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