This week we are talking with Marlene Melanson, Recreation Director of the municipality of the county of Antigonish. We wanted to know what the deal was with the active transport corridor. You know, that walking and biking path alongside old highway 104 that connects to that new bike path thing on West street? What’s it for, and whose using it? What’s being built next? What are those weird fenced in areas that seem to look out over nothing? What does active transport even mean? We got all the answer. Well, most of the answers, because it turns out that there’s a difference between the county active transports plans and the town’s active transport plans. There’s a lot to learn, and Marlene is here to shed some light on the issues.

Read the county’s latest informational PDF on the active transportation corridor at the link.

Read the 2014 active transport plan that Marlene mentioned at the link.

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