A petition to build sidewalks on Borden Drive is getting attention.
On Aug. 12, Kristen Luce Vivian posted a photo of her husband Adam Vivian pulling a wagon loaded with her two daughters, Annabelle, 1, and Eleanor, 3, along the side of Borden Drive to the city's Facebook page.
Adam Vivian pulls his two daughters, aged Annabelle, 1, and Eleanor, 3, along Borden Drive. Vivian's wife, Kristen Luce Vivian, started a petition online to draw attention to the lack of sidewalks along the busy road. By press time, the petition had 422 signatures.
With no sidewalks on that stretch of road, her family shares a lane with an oncoming car.
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Soon after, Vivian, who has lived in the neighbourhood since 2012, launched an online petition to draw attention to the issue. As of press time, it had gathered 423 signatures.
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The stretch in question, on Borden Drive between Old Airport Road and Magrum Crescent, has just a gravel shoulder, with no formal sidewalk. Vivian said this particular stretch is especially dangerous because it can get very busy at times.
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When the weather turns colder, she said the shoulder becomes impassable, leaving just the road to walk on.
When Vivian launched the petition, she didn't have a set goal in mind - she just wanted to gauge public interest in the issue. She said she's only heard from one person who wouldn't be interested in a sidewalk, with the rest of the feedback skewing in support.
Coun. Steve Payne, who lives in the neighbourhood, told Yellowknifer in an email he thinks the sidewalks are a great idea.
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Kefalas said the city plans to add the sidewalk project to the city's capital plan. When that will happen, he's not quite sure.
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