Cape Breton Regional municipality - A Community of Communities

 

An Open House to review plans for the Grand Lake Road Multi-use Path will be held at the Credit Union Boardroom, Cape Breton University, Sydney, on Wednesday, February 8, from 4:00 - 9:00 p.m.  A presentation on the plan will be held at 6:30 p.m.  

For information on the Open House, contact Rick McCready at 563-5072, email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it    

 

 

The CBRM 2011-2012 Cycling Routes Map has been published. For more information and to view the maps, please see the 'CBRM Cycling Routes Map' section located further down on this page.

 

  

What is Active Transportation?

Active transportation refers to any form of human-powered transportation - walking, cycling, wheeling, in-line skating, skateboarding, skiing or paddling. Active transportation is something everyone does in some form or another, whether it is walking to the bus stop, going for a bike ride with the family or cycling to school. Residents who turn to active transportation as a viable means of commuting and carrying out personal business realize benefits in terms of health, happiness, reduced travel costs and the satisfaction that their travel produces almost no pollution, benefiting the environment.

The CBRM Active Transportation Committee

The CBRM Active Transportation Committee was formed in 2006 with a mandate to prepare an Active Transportation Plan for the Municipality. The Committee’s membership is as follows:

• Ray Paruch, Chair (District 8 Councillor)
• Pam MacGillivray, Vice-Chair
• David F. LeBlanc, (District 11 Councillor)
• Andre Crepeau
• Cheryl MacQuarrie
• Claire MacLean
• Rory MacRae
 

Non-voting, advisory members:

• CBRM Engineering Department
• CBRM Public Works Department
• CBRM Planning Department
• CBRM Recreation Department
• CBRM Police Services
• CBRM Transit Services
• Nova Scotia Departmentof Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal
• Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness
• Nova Scotia Department of Public Health Services
• Cape Breton District Health Authority
• Membertou First Nation
• Atlantic Coast Action Program Cape Breton
• Cape Breton Victoria Regional School Board
• Cape Breton University
• Nova Scotia Lands
• Ecology Action Centre
 

CBRM Cycling Routes Map

This map was prepared by the Active Transportation Committee in partnership with Velo Cape Breton. The CBRM has published this map to encourage cycling as a practical and healthy means of transportation and recreation. Paper copies of the map are available in all CBRM Recreation offices. To download the map, please click on the two links below.

CBRM Cycling Routes (Front Section) - 5.21 MB

CBRM Cycling Routes (Back Section)  - 6.28 MB

 

The CBRM Active Transportation Plan

The CBRM Active Transportation Plan was approved by Council on June 17, 2008. Please click here to download a copy of the Executive Summary of the AT Plan. There are three maps that accompany the Executive Summary document: Exhibit ES.2 CBRM AT Plan - Network - Recreational Scenic Bicycle Routes [ - 855.22 KB] and Exhibit ES.3 CBRM AT Plan - Proposed Signature Projects [ - 3.55 MB]. An overview of the plan is available here as a PowerPoint presentation. The entire CBRM Active Transportation Plan is available here on Laserfiche.*

 

* Once you have clicked on the link for the Active Transportation Plan, the Laserfiche window will open. Within this window you can move through the document pages using the ‘up’ and ‘down’ arrows at the top of the toolbar or type in the number of the page you wish to see and then click on the ‘Go’ button. To save a copy of the document for your use, click on the ‘Download PDF’ button located at the far right of the toolbar. Once you have done this, click on the ‘save’ button.

Additional Information

Please download the following documents for more information on the CBRM Active Transportation Plan:

Open House Summary (PDF - 2.3 MB)

Links

• pathways for people.ca
• Velo Cape Breton
• Active and Safe Routes to School

Please contact Rick McCready at 563-5072 ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) for more information on the CBRM AT Plan.