Town to apply for Safe and Active School Routes funding

At its Sept. 22 meeting, Huntsville Council gave municipal staff the green light to apply for funding in order to make school zones safer places.

The funding application aligns with the Town’s Active Transportation plan and would enable improvements to school access, including special speed calming measures, which the Town has already identified as a priority.

“The plan presents several project examples including improving access to local schools via active transportation. The plan recognizes that the District Municipality of Muskoka owns and maintains many of the roads on which Huntsville schools are situated on, many of which include shoulders that are not classified as sidewalks, and that this can be a barrier to developing active transportation infrastructure especially as it pertain