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Thursday, July 14, 2016 - Volume 19, Number 22
SUMMER FAIR FUN – The rides have always been one of the highlights at the Yorkton Exhibition Summer Fair, and the quickly falling Super Shot was a thrill for many of the attendees. Photo by Devin Wilger.
Transportation study looks at local needs By DEVIN WILGER N-R Writer What will the roads surrounding Yorkton look like in the future? The city is looking to answer that question, with a Yorkton Regional Transportation Study, done in cooperation with the Ministry of Highways, City of
Yorkton, RM of Wallace and RM of Orkney. An open house hosted at the Gallagher Centre saw a big crowd come to see what the plans are and have their input into the process. Monique Kealey, Senior Transportation Engineer with Associated Engineering (Sask) Ltd. says that the
study is designed to see what the city needs to take into account in order to handle expected growth in the next twenty years. The study will be looking at how roadways will have to be developed in order to meet the needs of the city. “For example, if people feel that highway 16
through the city is something they don’t want to continue to have, they might say let’s build a new highway 16. Where should it be then? Should it be a freeway style bypass or should it be more of an industrial road that gives good access to adjacent properties? To create a dialog and get the opinions of
local businesses and residents on what transportation systems and roadways are needed for future growth.” Doing the planning now is critical, because without a clear transportation in place it could be a case where the land needed for future transportation development could wind
up getting used. “What you don’t want is to have development use up all the land, without having a plan and organizing all the space to know where the road is going to go, because we need to protect the land from being developed.”
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