Canmore’s planning department is looking to the public for feedback on the community’s trails and open spaces.
Planner Alaric Fish said the survey, available at www.canmore.ca, is part of efforts to establish an overall open spaces and trails master plan.
“The information will be used to help make recommendations to council and create that plan,” Fish said.
The feedback he is looking for includes what areas are working well, which ones are not and what future needs there are for open spaces and trails in the community.
The municipality currently has a Trails Master Plan and a Recreation Plan, but Fish said the survey and the plan to come out of it will build on those and look at some different aspects of trails and open spaces in Canmore.
“We are looking a bit more at the management of trails and areas where the trails are on private land or not recognized and what to do with that,” he said.
For example, he pointed to the Three Sisters commuter path, which is technically on private property.
The survey work and plan only consider trails and spaces on municipally-owned land, therefore trails like the Highline, Montane Traverse and those at the Nordic Centre are only considered in terms of connections.
“We will consider how those trails interface with the Town’s network, but we will not be making recommendations on trails that are on provincial land,” Fish said.
The survey is available online until Dec. 13.
