Christmas Comes Early For Windsor: Transit Geolocation, Less Red Lights, Riverfront Trail Tunnel & More

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Windsor City Council is debating a plan put forth by Mayor Eddie Francis to increase spending in the City by nearly $65,000,000.

Councillor Ron Jones called Mayor Francis “better than Santa Claus… [because] …there’s something for everyone in this”.

The Mayor plans to fund these projects:

Roads by $20 million:

$5.3 million for Phase 2 of the Riverside Drive Vista Project
$4.4 million for Tecumseh (from Drouillard to Rivard) and Wyandotte from (Lincoln to Bruce)
$1 million for each of the ten Windsor Wards for street repairs

Trails, Sidewalks, Bike Lanes by $4.23 million:

$1.4 million for a tunnel under Riverside Drive that connects the Riverfront Trail to Downtown
$1.8 million for sidewalk/trail on Cabana Road to tie in with the Parkway
$33 thousand for sidewalks on Norfolk in South Windsor
$1 million for sidewalk repairs city-wide

Transportation by $4.7 million:

$1.7 million for automatic vehicle locators for Transit Windsor buses (find out when the next bus is coming)
$400 thousand for Transit Windsor fleet maintenance
$300 thousand for service improvements
$300 thousand to study the area of Dougall near Teppermans to implement sidewalks/bike lanes
$2 million for adding video detection to intersections in the City. This would prevent you having to sit at a red light when there are no cars coming in the opposite direction

Corporate City projects by $23.9 million:

$5.5 million to upgrade the City of Windsor employee payroll system
$400 thousand for IT upgrades at City buildings
$18 million for a brand new City Hall as the Mayor describes it, “nothing iconic, nothing palatial, just a very simple building…where the elevators work, where the washrooms work”

Economic Development by $8.05 million: