Wonowon Community Improvements

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Consultation has concluded for this project. In 2020, the Peace River Regional District (PRRD) studied the possibility of building trails and upgrading roads to make it safer for children walking to Wonowon Elementary School in low-light conditions.

The study revealed that the project would cost between $3-14.6 million and require the involvement of the Ministry of Transportation (as the PRRD does not manage roads). An additional study would also be needed to identify a preferred route, leading to negotiations with landowners to buy property for the trail.

Following a community meeting, the project was discontinued in 2023. If you have any questions, please contact community.services@prrd.bc.ca.

Consultation has concluded for this project. In 2020, the Peace River Regional District (PRRD) studied the possibility of building trails and upgrading roads to make it safer for children walking to Wonowon Elementary School in low-light conditions.

The study revealed that the project would cost between $3-14.6 million and require the involvement of the Ministry of Transportation (as the PRRD does not manage roads). An additional study would also be needed to identify a preferred route, leading to negotiations with landowners to buy property for the trail.

Following a community meeting, the project was discontinued in 2023. If you have any questions, please contact community.services@prrd.bc.ca.

The North side of the road was chosen based on existing MoTI right-a-ways and property lines. On the South side of the road, there is minimal separation between the road and property line which will prevent the ability to develop the trail to the standards required, and accommodate the features requested by residents. The amount of clearing, property acquisition, and ditching required presents many challenges, and based on the work completed during the feasibility, trail development on the South side is not feasible. 

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    How much land will I need to provide for the project to move forward?

    over 4 years ago

    In order for the project to work, residents in the project area  should be comfortable with a strip of property acquisition of 3-5m. It is possible that this strip of property acquisition may be less, or not at all, depending on location, but we need buy-in from the residents (regardless of their side of road), to make this work.