Sproat Lake Active Transportation Network Plan

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Draft plan now ready for your review!

The draft Sproat Lake Active Transportation Network Plan is now available and ready for your feedback. If you have the opportunity, please share your feedback on the draft plan at the open house, which is scheduled for Wednesday May 15 from 4:30-7pm at the Sproat Lake Community Hall.

Project Overview

The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, in collaboration with WATT Consulting Group, is developing an Active Transportation Network Plan for Sproat Lake (Electoral Area D). The development of an ATNP for Sproat Lake presents an opportunity to improve the community’s existing assets by expanding the function of its trail network, linking population centres with services and amenities, and increasing its service potential to a greater number and diversity of users who wish to travel via active modes. While the ATNP is not a trails master plan, it will provide direction on how the network could be enhanced to better connect active transportation users to the trails.

The ATNP process consists of four phases, as follows:

  • Phase 1 - Completing a baseline conditions review of the existing active transportation network in Sproat Lake to understand gaps, barriers, and key opportunities.
  • Phase 2 - Undertaking the first round of public engagement to understand the key barriers to active transportation in the community and what Sproat Lake residents, visitors, and business owners would like to see addressed in the ATNP.
  • Phase 3 - Developing the infrastructure and policy / programmatic recommendations in the draft ATNP.
  • Phase 4 - Presenting the draft ATNP to the community for input before finalizing the plan.


What is Active Transportation?

Active transportation, as defined in the BC Active Transportation Design Guide, includes any form of human-powered transportation, including walking, cycling, or rolling using a skateboard, in-line skates, wheelchair, or other wheel-based forms of human-powered transportation.

What is an Active Transportation Network Plan?

An Active Transportation Network Plan is a strategic document that lays out the vision and key goals for how Sproat Lake will enhance its active transportation. The purpose of the ATNP is to identify gaps in the active transportation network, improve the quality and experience for people walking, biking, and rolling, provide a roadmap for high priority improvements over the next 10 years, and increase the share of trips completed by active modes of transportation. The development of an ATNP for Sproat Lake presents an opportunity to improve the community’s existing assets by expanding the function of its trail network, linking population centres with services and amenities, and increasing its service potential to a greater number and diversity of users who wish to travel via active modes.

Draft plan now ready for your review!

The draft Sproat Lake Active Transportation Network Plan is now available and ready for your feedback. If you have the opportunity, please share your feedback on the draft plan at the open house, which is scheduled for Wednesday May 15 from 4:30-7pm at the Sproat Lake Community Hall.

Project Overview

The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District, in collaboration with WATT Consulting Group, is developing an Active Transportation Network Plan for Sproat Lake (Electoral Area D). The development of an ATNP for Sproat Lake presents an opportunity to improve the community’s existing assets by expanding the function of its trail network, linking population centres with services and amenities, and increasing its service potential to a greater number and diversity of users who wish to travel via active modes. While the ATNP is not a trails master plan, it will provide direction on how the network could be enhanced to better connect active transportation users to the trails.

The ATNP process consists of four phases, as follows:

  • Phase 1 - Completing a baseline conditions review of the existing active transportation network in Sproat Lake to understand gaps, barriers, and key opportunities.
  • Phase 2 - Undertaking the first round of public engagement to understand the key barriers to active transportation in the community and what Sproat Lake residents, visitors, and business owners would like to see addressed in the ATNP.
  • Phase 3 - Developing the infrastructure and policy / programmatic recommendations in the draft ATNP.
  • Phase 4 - Presenting the draft ATNP to the community for input before finalizing the plan.


What is Active Transportation?

Active transportation, as defined in the BC Active Transportation Design Guide, includes any form of human-powered transportation, including walking, cycling, or rolling using a skateboard, in-line skates, wheelchair, or other wheel-based forms of human-powered transportation.

What is an Active Transportation Network Plan?

An Active Transportation Network Plan is a strategic document that lays out the vision and key goals for how Sproat Lake will enhance its active transportation. The purpose of the ATNP is to identify gaps in the active transportation network, improve the quality and experience for people walking, biking, and rolling, provide a roadmap for high priority improvements over the next 10 years, and increase the share of trips completed by active modes of transportation. The development of an ATNP for Sproat Lake presents an opportunity to improve the community’s existing assets by expanding the function of its trail network, linking population centres with services and amenities, and increasing its service potential to a greater number and diversity of users who wish to travel via active modes.

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  • Share Almost everyone I have talked to around the lake are concerned that the questions and options on the Active Transportation survey were completely out of touch with our rural needs and issues. Firstly, the MOT and Mainroad should be repairing all of the potholes and shoulder issues all around the lake. If our roads were in better shape, especially on hills and corners, traffic wouldn’t be swerving across the centre line to avoid damaging their vehicles. If the shoulders were cleared, widened and filled appropriately, there would be room for walkers to get off the pavement. But the very best immediate solution would be for all of our Sproat Lake roads to be reduced to 40kmh for the safety of all. Please do all you and the ACRD can to have the road conditions improved and to lobby MOT to reduce our speed limits. on Facebook Share Almost everyone I have talked to around the lake are concerned that the questions and options on the Active Transportation survey were completely out of touch with our rural needs and issues. Firstly, the MOT and Mainroad should be repairing all of the potholes and shoulder issues all around the lake. If our roads were in better shape, especially on hills and corners, traffic wouldn’t be swerving across the centre line to avoid damaging their vehicles. If the shoulders were cleared, widened and filled appropriately, there would be room for walkers to get off the pavement. But the very best immediate solution would be for all of our Sproat Lake roads to be reduced to 40kmh for the safety of all. Please do all you and the ACRD can to have the road conditions improved and to lobby MOT to reduce our speed limits. on Twitter Share Almost everyone I have talked to around the lake are concerned that the questions and options on the Active Transportation survey were completely out of touch with our rural needs and issues. Firstly, the MOT and Mainroad should be repairing all of the potholes and shoulder issues all around the lake. If our roads were in better shape, especially on hills and corners, traffic wouldn’t be swerving across the centre line to avoid damaging their vehicles. If the shoulders were cleared, widened and filled appropriately, there would be room for walkers to get off the pavement. But the very best immediate solution would be for all of our Sproat Lake roads to be reduced to 40kmh for the safety of all. Please do all you and the ACRD can to have the road conditions improved and to lobby MOT to reduce our speed limits. on Linkedin Email Almost everyone I have talked to around the lake are concerned that the questions and options on the Active Transportation survey were completely out of touch with our rural needs and issues. Firstly, the MOT and Mainroad should be repairing all of the potholes and shoulder issues all around the lake. If our roads were in better shape, especially on hills and corners, traffic wouldn’t be swerving across the centre line to avoid damaging their vehicles. If the shoulders were cleared, widened and filled appropriately, there would be room for walkers to get off the pavement. But the very best immediate solution would be for all of our Sproat Lake roads to be reduced to 40kmh for the safety of all. Please do all you and the ACRD can to have the road conditions improved and to lobby MOT to reduce our speed limits. link

    Almost everyone I have talked to around the lake are concerned that the questions and options on the Active Transportation survey were completely out of touch with our rural needs and issues. Firstly, the MOT and Mainroad should be repairing all of the potholes and shoulder issues all around the lake. If our roads were in better shape, especially on hills and corners, traffic wouldn’t be swerving across the centre line to avoid damaging their vehicles. If the shoulders were cleared, widened and filled appropriately, there would be room for walkers to get off the pavement. But the very best immediate solution would be for all of our Sproat Lake roads to be reduced to 40kmh for the safety of all. Please do all you and the ACRD can to have the road conditions improved and to lobby MOT to reduce our speed limits.

    12 months ago

    Thank you for your valuable input on the development of the Active Transportation plan for Sproat Lake. We appreciate your feedback and aim to find solutions that best suit the community. The proposed options and active transportation facilities align with the BC Active Transportation Design Guide, and have been successful in other rural areas.

     https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/transportation-infrastructure/engineering-standards-guidelines/traffic-engineering-safety/active-transportation-design-guide

     Regarding concerns about road conditions, such as potholes, please note that addressing these issues falls outside the scope of the Active Transportation Planning process. Any specific maintenance needs, like pothole repairs, should be reported to Mainroad at 1-877-215-6006.

     Your suggestion to widen roads to include proper shoulders will be taken into consideration as a recommendation within the plan for Sproat Lake roads. Additionally, the plan will include strategies for traffic calming to enhance safety for all road users. While reducing posted speed limits can be requested from the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, it's important to note that effective implementation also requires appropriate enforcement. Alternatively, traffic calming solutions, if well-executed, are more cost-effective and have shown greater success in reducing vehicle speeds than reducing speed limits.

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