{"id":31925,"date":"2022-09-15T13:31:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T17:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=31925"},"modified":"2022-09-15T13:31:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T17:31:36","slug":"aurora-seeks-public-input-on-active-transportation-master-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/aurora-seeks-public-input-on-active-transportation-master-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora seeks public input on Active Transportation Master Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you\u2019re going to use municipal services, you should weigh in on the services you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the message from Town of Aurora staff who are currently seeking input on the municipality\u2019s updated Active Transportation Master Plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public input is being sought to \u201ccreate a more connected community where active forms of mobility are convenient, accessible and enjoyable,\u201d said the municipality in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAurora Connects will lay out a vision for an expanded network of trails, cycling facilities and other types of physical infrastructure to support walking, cycling and wheeling. It will also identify how the Town can support new programs to get more people moving actively as they make their way across Aurora, creating a healthier, more sustainable community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the project gets underway, the project team wants to hear from you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feedback is being sought through survey and mapping tools available online at engageaurora.ca\/atmp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe plan will be developed as a series of discussion papers which, when finalized, will be included as a chapter in the final Aurora Connects document,\u201d the Town notes, adding the first of those papers are now available for public feedback at the same website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who aren\u2019t able to participate online, Project Manager John Firman says staff will be on hand at the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market on October 1 to get the public to weigh in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese services are for you,\u201d says Firman. \u201cYou\u2019re going to use these services, so who better than you to say what services you need, want and want us to prioritize.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last time the Town looked at the master plan was in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was originally intended to be a five-year plan, he says, so an update is overdue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to re-look at everything,\u201d says Firman. \u201cWith population growth, with changing demographics, aging population, new families coming in \u2013 you want to make sure you\u2019re up-to-date and you want to see what the current community is looking for. There are some areas where (so far) we have seen more popular topics of conversation like off-leash dog parks, we have heard more about new sports like disk (frisbee) golf, and we\u2019re looking to get that public feedback we have on what services we have now: Are they meeting needs? Are there new things people want? Are there things people aren\u2019t using or aren\u2019t interested in anymore? We need all that information up-to-date.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Master Plan update is now in its \u201cinformation gathering phase,\u201d he adds. Staff have brought together previous staff reports that led to the current paster plan and, with the launch of the public online survey, are now \u201cpreparing to get more information from the user groups\u201d, including sports organizations, that rely on municipal facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A further stakeholder information session with groups like Aurora Minor Hockey, and groups representing soccer and rugby, is likely to take place this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to [have] a booth at the Farmers\u2019 Market on October 1 and for those members of the public who don\u2019t want to do an online survey \u2013 and we encourage everyone to do an online survey \u2013 for those who don\u2019t, they can come and offer their feedback to us at the Farmers\u2019 Market. We also have hard paper copies of the survey available for pickup at Town Hall, at the Stronach Aurora Recreation Complex, and at the Aurora Family Leisure Complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the key right now. We want to get that community feedback because ultimately these facilities and programs and all the amenities, they\u2019re for the community and the most important piece of this is the community input.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Brock Weir
Editor
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n\r\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019re going to use municipal services, you should weigh in on the services you want. This is the message from Town of Aurora staff who are currently seeking input on the municipality\u2019s updated Active Transportation Master Plan. Public input is being sought to \u201ccreate a more connected community where active forms of mobility are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-8iV","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-14 13:32:25","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}