Survey Supports Pathway

PlanIt Consulting releasing the survey results on a proposed leisure pathway in Kahnawake being proposed by Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI). The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) and JCCBI entered into discussions regarding potential upgrades to this area in 2009. Consultations ran from January to March. A total of 367 responses from community members and the survey revealed that 76 % of respondents are in favor of the project. Maris Jacobs is a projects coordinator with PlanIT Consulting. She says there were old drawings about what the area could look like:

“Back in the fall, they decided to, instead of using those like they had originally planned, they decide to go back to the community to seek further consultation form them, first. So, what we did was we used those images as a kind of ‘food for thought’ with our focus groups and interviews just to give people an idea of what could be some of the ideas that were discussed earlier on. But, no there’s real drawings or renderings for what’s exactly going there, because we don’t really know that yet.”

Jacobs says that they are working on the steps for phase 2:

“We can move to a phase 2, which is kind of narrowing down some of the ideas that were shared with us from phase 1. So, it’s not like anything is going to happen tomorrow, but we’re progressing so that we can continue with more consultation to make sure that whatever happens with that space, that we still continue to consult the community, that the ideas are narrowed down and we get a more of a solid picture of what can happen there.”

They hope to have all that completed before the end of this year.