Accessibility & Transportation
Increasing accessibility for all benefits our entire community. I met with John Higginbotham and toured Courtenay in a scooter from Air Park to North Island College. It was clear that many of the streets, intersections and public buildings were not designed for accessibility.
I helped link the city, as well as developers, to work with the Rick Hansen Foundation for certification of accessible projects which in turn can help fund them.
The work of making Courtenay accessible for all continues...
Safer Streets for Everyone: Why Courtenay Is Changing How We Think About Transportation
Safer streets are about giving everyone—drivers, pedestrians, cyclists, seniors, children and people with mobility challenges—a transportation network that allows them to move around Courtenay safely and efficiently.
The 6th Street Bridge: 20 Years of Planning, Community Input and Partnership
The 6th Street Active Transportation Bridge is the result of more than two decades of community advocacy, planning, public consultation and collaboration between local and senior governments.
Elect Respect Campaign
Over the past 6 months I’ve been chatting with the Mayor of Burlington about her Elect respect Campaign.
More access to health care coming for people in the Comox Valley
Everyone in the Comox Valley, including those in Cumberland, Courtenay, Comox and K’ómoks First Nation, who wants to be connected to a family doctor will soon have access to one, thanks to the recruitment of dozens of family doctors in partnership with the local prim…
Moose Hide Campaign
Over half-a-million Canadians joined together in ceremony and solidarity on Moose Hide Campaign Day with the goal of ending gender-based violence.
6th Street Active Transportation Bridge Project
Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells addresses concerns regarding 6 the Street Bridger project