The newly paved and improved Daggett Street parking lot along the fenced CPKC rail tracks is ready for parking! A friendly reminder that the parking style has changed to reverse angle parking to help improve visibility for drivers and passenger safety. Please be kind while drivers adjust to this change.

This project introduces reverse angle parking as a pilot project. Signage similar to the image below will be installed in the parking area to indicate the change from drive-in to reverse angle parking.

Some of the benefits of reverse angle parking include:

1. Improves visibility for drivers exiting the parking stall and entering moving traffic
2. Improves passenger safety, ease of loading, and visibility for cyclists
3. Research indicates fewer collisions (compared to drive-in & parallel) and requires less maneuvering than parallel parking

For many years, there has been informal parking available next to the CPKC railway along Daggett Street, east of Veterans Way. The objective of this project is:

• upgrade parking surface with asphalt (see Area 1 below)
• paving and formalizing as an approved parking location for clarity for usage.
• increase parking capacity (70 stalls), improve accessibility and aesthetics
• fencing along the CPKC railway tracks (see Area 2 below)
• installing Electric Vehicle charging infrastructure for future vehicle charging stations along the south side of Daggett St (see Area 1 below)
• Clean up of the Town-owned property at 30 South Railway Street, west of Lineham Avenue, to keep the area properly maintained (see Area 3 below)

In order to obtain formal authorization, enhance parking and improve vehicle and pedestrian safety in our downtown core, the Town entered into a licensing agreement with CPKC, allowing the Town to make current and future enhancements to the downtown. With that in mind, this parking area will play an important role to help support our downtown businesses for critical infrastructure work scheduled to begin in the spring of 2025.

As part of negotiations with CPKC, the Town installed fencing on both sides of the track between Northridge Drive and Lineham Avenue (see Area 2 below). Fencing along rail tracks enhances safety by preventing trespassing and shortcutting across CPKC property. Additionally, this section of fencing will help lay a foundation for future negotiations with CPKC as it relates to train horn cessation measures.