City Seeks Public Input for Canada Drive Active Transportation & Road Safety Improvements

If you live on Canada Drive or you are interested in walking, running, cycling or wheeling and want to shape the future of active transportation, The City of St. John’s wants to hear from you.

We have launched a public engagement process to collect feedback on two options being considered for the Canada Drive Active Transportation & Road Safety Improvement project. Active transportation means using your own power to get from one place to another and includes walking, running, biking, and rolling.

Current Canada Drive Road as showed in photo below.

Two options are being considered:  

• Option One – Adding a bidirectional bike path on one side of the street, sidewalks on both sides of the street and allowing parking on the south side only (odd numbered houses). 

• Option Two – Adding a shared-use path (SUP) on one side of the street, sidewalk on the other side of the street with parking allowed on both sides. 

The public are encouraged to visit EngageStJohns.ca from April 26 until May 15 to:

• Learn about the project, view the two options being considered and vote for their preference. Signage showing the two options can be found on Canada Drive as well as showed in photo below.
• Register to attend the virtual meeting on Thursday, May 12 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
• If you do not have online access, please call 311 or 754-CITY (2489) to speak to a member of the project team or send your feedback via email engage@stjohns.ca. 

The area being upgraded is Canada Drive, from Columbus Drive to Team Gushue Highway (civic address of 243 Canada Drive). This corridor will eventually connect with the Kelly’s Brook Shared-Use-Pathway and Team Gushue Highway extension to create an east to west mobility network.

Public input will be used to finalize a recommendation to Council and will be applied to all sections of Canada Drive as work is completed. Construction of phase 1 is anticipated to start in 2023 as this work will be incorporated into planned rehabilitation for this area.