Windsor city councillors will soon be considering a proposal for a multi-use trail through the South Cameron woodlot — an area one councillor calls "a real treasure right in the heart of the city." "It's really our only significant woodlot and wetlands that we have within the boundaries of the city," said Ward 10 Coun. Jim Morrison.
Thousands sign petition to protect South Cameron woodlot from development Video A walk through South Cameron woodlot with an ecologist If approved, the hiking and walking trails would be built in four phases at a cost of $2.6 million dollars. The project includes a path connecting Kenora Street and a path connecting Ojibway Street.
There would be internal paths weaved throughout the woodlot. It would be an addition to the existing 400-metre trail connecting the northern and southern neighbourhoods. Ward 10 councillor Jim Morrison has vowed to protect South Cameron woodlot from development.
(Sanjay Maru/CBC News ) Morrison says council had a consultant conduct a study into developing the trail. The matter goes before council on Monday. "Basically, we want to enjoy the woodlot as well.
Right now, there's some haphazard trails in there, but they're really not safe and they get abused by ATVs and things like that," he said. "So, we want to put in a nice walking path that people can enjoy safely. It will connect with the one trail we do have in there, which is the north-south trail at Randolph, [which] goes from Ojibway up .
.. to Taunton.
"We want to.
