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Editor’s note: With the new Kingston City Council beginning its term of office on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, we thought it would be a great time to catch up with the new and newly-re-elected members of council so that we could share a bit more about the 13 people
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Salting our roads in an effort to remove ice is a long standing practice in North America. In fact, we dump more than 20 million tons of sodium chloride on our roads every winter. But where does all that salt go when the snow and ice melts? While the salt
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We kicked off 2016 with a poll asking whether or not the city’s outdated Official Plan should continue to project a future iteration of Wellington Street through greenspace at Doug Flurer Park. An overwhelming number of respondents voiced their opposition, which as evidenced by the OpEd submission below, grew more
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Over a year ago, opponents of Kingston’s proposed Wellington Street Extension were informed that the WSE cannot be removed from the Official Plan and other city policy documents without a secondary planning process for North King’s Town. This spring the visioning for that process began, with a launch in May
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Back in 2014, Kingston city council launched a 2-year plan to set up cameras at selected intersections in ygk. The purpose of the cameras is to catch drivers who go through red lights. The cameras capture the license plate of the offending car and send a fine of $325 to
Read moreWhat sort of city to you want to live in? That fundamental question is at the core of an ongoing debate concerning the necessity of the Wellington Street extension. On one side, opponents primarily organized through Wellington X contend that the extension will unnecessarily erode the greenspace at Douglas Fluhrer
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Work to address the extensive winter damage to Kingston’s urban roads will begin on May 26 and will cost an estimated $3.3 million in total. “We told Kingston motorists and cyclists that we would be offering a longer-term fix to address this winter’s road damage and that’s what we are
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While winter is nearing its bitter end, the spring thaw has revealed shear treachery on every inch of Kingston’s roads. Over the past few weeks, road conditions have worsened with potholes deepening, leaving drivers with broken suspensions and shattered nerves. The worst streets resemble unwanted obstacle courses, which challenge those
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The Bath Road Company, also known as the Kingston Bath Road Company, was active in the late 1870’s until 1910. Toll roads were built by private companies that were chartered by the government. Often these companies took the form of joint stock companies, selling company shares to raise funds for
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There’s an old saying in Ontario which jokes that the province that’s yours to discover really only has two seasons: winter and construction season. Large-scale construction projects have impacted Kingston in a big way this Summer, while our collective patience and navigation skills have been increasingly tested thanks to the
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The City, St. Lawrence College and Queen’s University are seeking resident and student input to help develop a Bike Share System in Kingston. A Bike Share System offers members access to bicycles parked at stations in high use areas around town for short trips. A 15-question Your Opinion survey will
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In the four years that we’ve lived in our downtown home, my wife and I have contacted Utilities Kingston on numerous occasions to advise them of out of commission street lights. For us, brightly lit sidewalks present a much more inviting path than dark and ominous ones, which is an
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