{"id":1349,"date":"2015-03-31T03:52:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T03:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.wordpress.com\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2020-04-17T00:16:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T00:16:05","slug":"sct-presents-new-vision-for-transformation-of-chelseas-railway-corridor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/sct-presents-new-vision-for-transformation-of-chelseas-railway-corridor-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SCT presents new vision for transformation of Chelsea\u2019s railway corridor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/03\/railway-corridor.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1332 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/railway-corridor.jpg\" alt=\"Railway Corridor\" width=\"640\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the invitation of the Mayor and\u00a0 the Director General, Sentiers Chelsea Trails (SCT) made a presentation on its vision for the future use of the rail corridor this week.\u00a0 This vision calls for the creation of a 19.9 km year-round linear park and non-motorized trail running from Loretta Loop to Morrison Quarry.<\/p>\n<p>This vision to convert the rails to trails flows out of the recommendations made in the Active Transport Master Plan commissioned and adopted by Council last year.\u00a0 In that plan, the railway corridor was identified as a \u2018structural element\u2019 and a key active transport corridor. <!--more-->The municipality is in the process of reclaiming the rail corridor lease and has been considering ways to turn this municipal asset into an active benefit for community.\u00a0 SCT\u00a0 thinks a linear park has the potential to be a valuable, community building tool.<\/p>\n<p>In the winter, Sentiers Chelsea, in collaboration with the municipality, volunteers and local businesses, has already made recreational use of the rail corridor by creating the popular and ever expanding winter ski and walking trail. \u201cThis project is really at the research stage,\u201d says SCT board member Alain Pich\u00e9. \u201c It will require a lot of work and a lot of community consultation to get it right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For\u00a0 more information on the status of the corridor, and on best practises, consult the <a title=\"Transformation of the railway corridor into a linear park\" href=\"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.wordpress.com\/faqs\/faqs-transformation-of-the-chelsea-railway-corridor-into-a-linear-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FAQ <\/a>\u00a0page on our site<b>.<\/b><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the invitation of the Mayor and\u00a0 the Director General, Sentiers Chelsea Trails (SCT) made a presentation on its vision for the future use of the rail corridor this week.\u00a0 This vision calls for the creation of a 19.9 km year-round linear park and non-motorized trail running from Loretta Loop to Morrison Quarry. This vision [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-railway-transformation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349","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=1349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sentierschelseatrails.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}