Business View Civil and Municipal | Volume 2, Issue 6

189 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6 ANT IGONI SH , NOVA SCOT I A now a four-season park with accessible trails, and some of the nicest mountain biking in Eastern Canada run by a group of amazing community volunteers.” The County also sees value in having some recreational infrastructure concentrated within the Town. “We have a skateboard park that cost just over $600,000 that we partnered on with StFX,” details Boucher. “We also partner with the County on many things: we have our dog park; we have a Challenger Baseball field which, again, is adapted for children with disabilities; but probably our biggest collective accomplishment over the last year has been our respective commitments to active transportation.” The Town has committed $1 million to expand its bikeway infrastructure with 2.6 kilometers of safe, comfortable, AAA-standard (that’s “All Ages and Abilities”) dedicated bicycle lanes. The Town is seeking a provincial investment to complete the $4 million project. Likewise, the County has committed $2.1 million in funding towards an 11km AT corridor that will connect to the Towns stepping up and putting in the effort to remove barriers to make the community more accessible to everyone. Together with Upland Planning + Design and RHAD Architects, the Town is developing an Accessibility Plan in line with Nova Scotia’s Accessibility Act. “The planning and implementation will take time, but staff and Council remain committed to seeing the plan through for the betterment our community,” says Boucher. “We see that as an important piece and we’re going to continue to work on it,” McCarron says. “There’s a provincially-owned park, Pomquet Beach in our Acadian village, where we’ve installed a set of Mobi-Mats to allow people with mobility issues to get to the water’s edge. Although it’s a provincially owned facility, that was something that the Municipality funded. Then, PurlBrook DKI, one of our local businesses, saw the need for a better landing area, so they donated a concrete pad to better access the boardwalk from the parking lot. We also have a facility called Keppoch Mountain that operated as a ski hill at one point. The former ski hill is