{"id":1083,"date":"2014-06-13T19:46:56","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T19:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.wordpress.com\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2020-04-17T00:16:16","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T00:16:16","slug":"trails-or-rails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/trails-or-rails\/","title":{"rendered":"Trails or Rails?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0 0 10pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The railway corridor is a key element in our community.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:medium;\">We at Chelsea Trails have seen what a popular recreational asset it can be for our community through the ski trail grooming initiative launched several years ago.<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:medium;\">And as the Active Transport Plan Master is being developed by the Municipality of Chelsea, with the support and input of Sentiers Chelsea Trails, the railway corridor is certainly being examined as a key potential structural element<\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:medium;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:medium;\">of <\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">an active transport corridor for the community. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0 0 10pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Sentiers Chelsea Trails is not opposed to the tourist train project, but is aware that the rail corridor has now languished for three years without maintenance and should be put to the service of the community without further undue delay. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">SCT Board member Alain Piche outlined our position in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowdownonline.com\/active-transport-different-needs-different-solutions\/\">article<\/a> published in the LowDown on May 21, 2014 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0 0 10pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">The conversion of the railway corridor into a community trail would bring changes to the community and is causing debate.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:medium;\">For the consideration of Chelsea residents on this issue, we will assemble some of the key information and comparative sources relevant to the discussion of conversion of the Chelsea railway corridor.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin:0 0 10pt;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">A petition, recently created by a Chelsea resident, Tammy Scott has contributed to the debate around the future of the rail corridor. Comments made on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.change.org\/en-CA\/petitions\/st\u00e9phanie-vall\u00e9e-turn-the-old-railroad-tracks-from-gatineau-to-wakefield-into-a-bike-multi-purpose-path-for-commuting-and-recreational-use?recruiter=70803329&amp;utm_campaign=signature_receipt&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=share_petition\">petition <\/a>by residents of Chelsea\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">and the region are illustrative of public opinion .<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Calibri;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height:115%;font-family:'Calibri', 'sans-serif';font-size:11pt;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The railway corridor is a key element in our community.\u00a0 We at Chelsea Trails have seen what a popular recreational asset it can be for our community through the ski trail grooming initiative launched several years ago.\u00a0 And as the Active Transport Plan Master is being developed by the Municipality of Chelsea, with the support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-members-volunteers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}