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ROAD DEPARTURE MITIGATION* Honda.ca HARVEST HONDA Dealer #0376 144-12 Hwy N, Steinbach 1 800 487 8341 CROWN HONDA Dealer #4297 2610 McPhillips Street 204 284 6632 WINNIPEG HONDA Dealer #0116 900-1717 Waverly Street 204 261 9580 BIRCHWOOD HONDA WEST Dealer #5266 75-3965 Portage Avenue 204 888 2277 BIRCHWOOD HONDA Dealer #9387 1401 Regent Avenue West 204 661 6644 A SWARM of Wolseleyites, West Enders, and other Winnipeggers descended on a Wednesday night open house to give feedback on the latest iteration of the Wolseley to Down- town Walk Bike Project — an ambitious plan that promises to transform area transportation. The event packed the lecture hall at Westminster United Church, with a line of attendees snaking out the door and down the street. Chris Baker, an active transportation co-ordinator with the City of Winni- peg public works department, said the plans, maps, graphics and information on display to the public represented the recommended design for the project, following two previous rounds of public engagement. “But that being said, we’re here to collect meaningful feedback from the public and have meaningful conversa- tions,” Baker said. “So once we collate all this, the online survey and tonight’s feedback, there’s still an opportunity to change the de- sign, make some refinements. If we missed something, or missed the mark, we’ll be able to refine the design and make it the best it can be, and the most palatable for the most people.” Canora Street resident Chris Brown showed up with three pages of detailed notes outlining his concerns about how the plan intends to deal with rush-hour motorists who cut through Wolseley by converting sections of Westminster and Wolseley avenues into westbound, one- way streets. “What everyone I’ve heard say is: leave Westminster alone,” Brown said, explaining the plan will inadvertently shunt shortcutters onto his residential street. James Plett, who lives in West Broad- way, was also concerned about the im- pact of proposed one-way streets in his neighbourhood. “My work location is never in the same location, so sometimes I need to go east and head down to Osborne (Street). And if the one-way is put in, that means I would have to go west onto Broadway, which is already a backed-up street. And this will defin- itely cause more people to start using Broadway.” Luanne Karn said she took part in previous phases of the consultations, in a successful effort to prevent a Transit bus from being run on Home Street. “It was both a good public engage- ment process, but also very negative in that it just came out of the blue at us,” she said. “I’m also concerned that they haven’t addressed the issue of cut- through traffic very well.” Marianne Cerelli, chairwoman of the Wolseley Residents Association, said she had some misgivings about the way public consultations had been done. Her group is holding a community meeting to discuss the plan, Feb. 10 at the West- minster Housing Co-op. “But all of that said, I think most people support active transportation,” said Cerelli. “They support having a bike corridor, they want people to be safe on their bicycles, they want people to be safer walking, they want to reduce the speed and the cut-throughs through the neighbourhood. “But the high-interventionist nature of the proposal has caught people off- guard, so I think they need to bring people along a little bit better, through a better engagement process.” Baker stressed the plan is still open to adjustment. An online survey on the project remains open until Feb. 9. solomon.israel@freepress.mb.ca Twitter: @sol_israel SOLOMON ISRAEL Residents have say on Wolseley-downtown plan IN BRIEF STUDENT ATTENDANCE PRACTICES REVIEWED MANITOBA plans to examine how neighbour- ing provinces encourage school attendance. The province announced Wednesday it has issued a request for proposal to look at prac- tices in other jurisdictions for improving and maintaining student attendance. Applications will be accepted until Feb. 3. The province said the move will address concerns raised by the Manitoba advocate for children and youth. The independent office recommended the province examine attendance, suspension and expulsion policies to ensure vulnerable children are being sup- ported at school. School absenteeism can be linked to involve- ment in the justice system or mental illness and addictions, the release states. KLINIC REOPENS FOLLOWING REPAIRS KLINIC Community Health Centre has re- opened after water was restored, following a broken main Jan. 24. The health clinic made the announcement Wednesday morning on Twitter. Many appointments at the clinic were cancelled Monday and Tuesday, after City of Winnipeg crews shut off water to repair a break at Portage Avenue and Arlington Street. MANITOBA ESTABLISHES HEALTH IDEAS FUND THE provincial government says it is investing $40 million over four years to support innova- tive ideas brought forward by health-care workers, The Idea Fund for Health is intended to sup- port the government’s transformation of the health-care system. In the first phase of the project, announced Wednesday, the government’s focus is on ideas that streamline clinical practices, how best to manage chronic conditions, how to address the ongoing needs of patients leaving hospital, and preventive measures that will keep people out of hospital in the first place. MIKE SUDOMA / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Wolseley and West Broadway residents fill out surveys and get information about the proposed Wolseley to Downtown Walk Bike Project Wednesday evening at Westminster United Church. SPINNING AWAY STIGMA Hannah Pratt, who lost her mother to mental illness, leads a spin class Wednesday for the annual Spin Away Stigma event hosted by Wheelhouse Cycle Club. Held on Bell Let’s Talk Day, Wheelhouse hosted five rides and more than 250 riders with the goal of raising $5,000, for the Turning Pages program at the Mood Disorders Association of Manitoba. Turning Pages is a community- based mental-health program for those 50-70 years old. MIKAELA MACKENZIE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS B_03_Jan-30-20_FP_01.indd B3 2020-01-29 9:40 PM ;