Long boarders upset Kimberley area residents

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Grey Highlands council will investigate the possibility a new bylaw to regulate long boarding on municipal roads.

 
Council made the move after receiving a delegation of residents from the Kimberley area upset by long boarding that is happening on the steep streets in the Amik subdivision at its regular meeting on Monday, June 9.

 
Several Amik residents attended the meeting to speak to council about the issue.

 
“This is an extreme sport that is happening on our street,” Bill Sloan told council.

 

The residents told council that the long boarders are not local kids participating in the sport recreationally, but rather are adults from outside the area that are coming to Amik to use the steep streets for the sport.

 
“They’re very skilled young guys,” said Sloan, noting that some have been clocked at 50 km/hr going down the street. “They like steep terrain, smooth terrain and no bylaws,” he said.

 
The residents said they are concerned that a serious accident is inevitable with the activity happening in a busy residential area. They also said some of the boarders are behaving inappropriately and have been confrontational with local residents.

 
The explained to council that the OPP are unable to do much about the issue, because Grey Highlands does not have a bylaw banning long boarding from local roads.

 

“It’s not right that people should be subjected to this,” said Sloan.

 

Later in the meeting council asked municipal staff for a report on the matter that would include suggestions for how to proceed with regulations to control long boarding on municipal roads.

 

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