GILLINGHAM’S “BIG MOVE” MEANS MORE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION UPGRADES - GUARANTEED

News Release
September 6, 2022

Scott Gillingham's Big Move

Scott Gillingham's Big Move plan will invest in transportation, keeping us and our economy moving.

What's been announced so far....


More Road Repair

  • - REPAIR broken roads with $50m in (total) additional road repairs by 2026
  • - PATCH potholes faster with support from Scott's Neighborhood Action Teams ™
  • - and PUSH the Province to require utilities to coordinate road work with City Hall



More Frequent Buses and Better Transit Service

  • - RESTORE Transit in 2023 to 100% of pre-pandemic service levels (~50+ buses)
  • - ADD 11 net new buses annually to the busiest bus routes from 2024-2026 (+33 buses)
  • - ACCELERATE route modernization upgrades in the Transit Master Plan
  • - LAUNCH new on-demand suburban services in the Transit Master Plan, starting with Castlebury Meadows - Waterford Green routes in 2023



Plus improvements to security, technology and labour relations to be specified in more detail in Scott's final platform.


Better, Smarter Construction Policies:

  • - WORK with other governments, agencies, colleges and universities to grow Manitoba's construction labour pool, with tools like early-career job guarantees for students to help recruit more young people and skilled immigrants for construction work
  • - ALLOW use of more recycled materials to meet industry and environmental best practices
  • - MODERNIZE construction bids and contracts to match standards in the rest of Canada, cutting red tape that delays Winnipeg projects from moving ahead
  • - NEGOTIATE to lock-in construction labour by pre-tendering road work up to three years ahead, using negotiated inflation adjustments each year to reduce the risk of bidding ahead
  • - CONVENE a “Ten-Day Task Force” to work with industry on strategies to increase road repair speed and productivity, and
  • - HIRE a veteran construction advisor as Chief Construction Officer, reporting directly to City Council to improve City infrastructure practices and policies.




MORE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION UPGRADES - GUARANTEED

Scott Gillingham's BIG MOVE plan includes more connected bike routes, more focus on safety for all road users, and a fix for the problem of roads being renewed without new bike infrastructure being built alongside them.

  • - Eliminate gaps in sidewalk and cycling networks on collector and arterial streets with an additional $13 million (total) over existing City budgets in 2023-2026. Existing capital budgets for active transportation include $11.9 million over that period.
  • - Update the City's roadwork priority formula to consider safety and equity for people of all ages, not just road deterioration.
  • - Create a Road Safety and Active Transportation Branch (starting at 2 FTEs in 2023- 2024) to add Active Transportation planning and design capacity.
  • - Assign co-signing authority over contracts and cheques to the Road Safety & Active Transportation Branch for any road project with a pedestrian or bike lane feature so these features get built as planned with best-practice designs. No safety feature, no payments.




Expanding critical trade/commuter routes

  • - Widen Kenaston Boulevard by adding more lanes between Ness and Taylor.
  • - Extend Chief Peguis Trail from Main Street to Route 90.

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Scott Gillingham

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