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MARTENSVILLE PHARMACY
17 Centennial Drive North
City Looks For Public
Feedback for Transportation
Master Plan
306-931-2868
Monday-Friday 9-8
Saturday 10-5
Sunday 12-5
Closed Holidays
Shanine Sealey, Martensville Messenger
The City of Martensville held a Transportation
Master Plan open house Saturday, October 8th at the
Martensville Sports Centre. At the open house, they
displayed informational material and asked residents to
contribute their thoughts by filling out a survey. The goal
of the open house was to gain public feedback to help plan
the transportation master plan for Martensville’s future.
Key objectives are; to define a transportation network
that is sustainable, safe and efficient for both existing and
2040 horizons, examine the potential road and pedestrian
infrastructure requirements to serve future development,
reserve right-of-way for future transportation needs and
identify staging opportunities for future network upgrades.
“The TMP will provide a comprehensive assessment of
the existing traffic conditions and develop short-term (5
years), medium term (10 years) and long term (25 years)
improvement strategies to ensure that the City is ready for
future growth,” Joe Doxey, City of Martensville Director
of Infrastructure and Planning, explained.
At the open house, the City of Martensville
provided a detail list of current issues that our City is
facing such as; capacity issues at the main city access,
operation of key intersections along both Centennial
Drive and Main Street, heavy vehicle routes along
Centennial Drive, connectivity of pedestrian facilities,
parking along Centennial Drive and in school zones,
concerns regarding traffic speed and potential need for
additional traffic calming measures and failure to obey
traffic controls (i.e. stop sign).
“The City will be looking for input from the
public to identify transportation concerns, conflict or
congestion areas,” Doxey stated. The City is hopeful that
the residents input will help reinforce the background
data that will form the eventual plan. Once the report has
been completed, there will be a second open house held,
where the findings and final report will be presented and
residents will have an opportunity to see how their input
has shaped the future transportation plans for the City.
“Having a plan for accommodating traffic is imperative
to maintaining a road network that is safe and efficient for
our motorists, pedestrians, cyclists, etc.”
The survey can be found at https://www.
surveymonkey.com/r/TMPMartensville.
FRIDGE
NEWS
A listing of upcoming events
in and around Martensville
To place your organization’s ad,
contact the Martensville Messenger at news@
martensvillemessenger.ca
Thursday, October 13
North side WASTE collection day
Youth Creative Writing Begins
Saturday, October 15
Advance Poll - Civic Centre - 2pm - 6pm
Kettlebell workshop - MAP
Possession and Acquisition License Course
Monday, October 17
Intro to Photography begins
Recreational Spiking Volleyball begins
Water Color Art begins
Tuesday, October 18
Council Meeting
Competitive Spiking Volleyball begins
Wednesday, October 19
The Hazards of Sitting Presentation
South Side RECYCLE Collection Day
Thursday, October 20
Non-spiking Volleyball begins
North Side RECYCLE Collection Day
Saturday, October 22
Advance Poll
First Aid & CPR Course
Yoga for Back Pain Workshop
For more information on City events, visit www.martensville.ca
ABOVE: Joe Doxey, the City of Martensville Director of Infrastructure and Planning, and Mayor Kent Muench explain the
Transportation Network to open house attendees.