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 to upgrade parking surface with asphalt (see Area 1 in image below). Paving and formalizing this as an approved parking location provides clarity for usage. The project will increase parking capacity and improve aesthetics. Approximately 70 stalls, including accessible parking, have been created.

This location has previously been used informally for parking. 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 as critical infrastructure work is scheduled to begin spring, 2025.

As part of negotiations with CPKC, they required the Town to install fencing on both sides of the track between Northridge Drive and Lineham Avenue (see Area 2 in image below). Fencing along rail tracks is intended to enhance safety by preventing trespass and shortcuts 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.

The Town-owned property at 30 South Railway Street, west of Lineham Avenue, is also being cleaned up to keep the area properly maintained (see Area 3 in the image below).The work also includes installing Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure (for future vehicle charging stations) along the south side of Daggett Street (Area 1).