Ad Hoc Committee on Transportation September 2008

13/01/2009 04:25 PM

Alice McLaren, representing the Municipal Ad Hoc Committee on Transportation, presented a deputation to Council on Monday outlining the work that has been done to date. The Committee, comprised of Councillors Victoria Serda and Fred Schildroth, and from the community, Alice McLaren, Joyce Scammell, Rona Cobean, Russ Solomway, Gordong Sproul and Dean Fowler, has been working to develop methods of communication to reach out to the community.

The Committee will be initiating the distribution of a post-card through a mail-out asking people to fill it out and return it. (Ed  The card should ask for email address) "We need to know how many people, with any kind of disability, need a transportation system," said McLaren. We can't determine what funding is required until we know that number."

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Serda pointed out that sometimes people view disability as a negative, when really it is a need. "There are those who simply can't drive anymore due to age, there are those who are limited visually and can't drive, there are the hearing impaired, there are all kinds of disability where transportation is needed to give people independence."

A web page has also been developed on the Saugeen Shores web-site information people of the Committee's objectives and also where residents can identify their need for transporation or they can email: saugeenshorestransportation@gmail.com "We urge anyone who feels this would be a worthwhile addition to the community," to contact us through one of these methods and the sooner the better," says McLaren.