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CBC Daybreak hit the road this week, arriving in the East Kootenay for a broadcast from Max’s Place in Cranbrook Wednesday morning. Pictured are crew members of the popular morning show at Max’s staff, minutes before going on the air at 6:30 a.m. Left to right: Adrian Nieoczym, Chris Walker, Lisa Barnes, Anett Jahnel, Graham Barnes, Bob Keating. The broadcast resumed Thursday morning in Invermere and was to broadcast from Revelstoke on Friday.
RDEK backs bike trail with bucks Trail society to receive $23,000 for capital projects and upgrades to network TRE VOR CR AWLEY
The North Star Rails 2 Trails Society is getting a significant amount of funding from the RDEK to upgrade and maintain the paved trail spanning between Cranbrook and Kimberley. The Regional District voted to approve $23,000 from the Community Works Fund at their monthly meeting last Friday, which will go towards improving access to the trail itself and some interpretive signage. John Mandryk, a director with the North Star Rails 2 Trails Society, says the funding will be going to small, but important projects. One such project will include the
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parking area around Shadow Mountain. “We want to make the area around Shadow Mountain a little more accessible for people who aren’t quite as mobile,” Mandryk said. “So access from the parking lot, which will expand the opportunity for folks who are in wheelchairs or walkers to experience the trials. “We hope to put an overlook adjacent to that area so people get a view of the valley down to the river, so it’s a neat little project.” Additionally, Mandryk says the funding will also include pavement bases for signage and tables.
“The pavement or stonework around the existing kiosk is to allow people to be able to go out there— again, people who are less ambulatory—to take their bikes out without having to cross gravel or uneven surfaces.” There are also plans in the works to create some interpretive signage. “We’re designing a signage program to enhance the trail experience, historical sites, special locations along the trail,” continued Mandryk. “We hope to incorporate some First Nations culture in that as well, in terms of historical areas and route-ways for the Aboriginal people as well.”
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The city acknowledged that access parking for the Cranbrook Community Forest has been an ongoing issue, but building a new parking lot could cost as much as $141,000. City staff brought a report showing the the costs and issues associated with building a new parking lot off Baker Mountain Road, during the Monday, March 9 council meeting. CAO Wayne Staudt said the report came after a request from the public to address parking concerns near the top of 2nd Street South and onto Baker Mountain Road. He noted the concerns stem from people parking along those roads.
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