Porter Creek, Whitehorse North

Whistle Bend

Here's an area of the city that should be a model of non-car-centric planning, a walkable community. Is it? Let's look at proposed trails and whether zoning works for or against walkability...

• Phase 1 is ready for sale. Is it possible to get a copy of the finished trail ideas. It should follow alongside the river. What is the scope of lease 375a?
• A 2006 planning charrette concept map shows a pedestrian bridge on the north part on the existing roadway, which would connect to the area around the sewage lagoons.

Yukon Envirothon: Porter Creek/Hidden Lake

Publications of interest

• Whistle Bend Subdivision environmental and socio-economic assessment report, 2009, 53 pages
• YESAB's assessment of Whistle Bend Phases 1, 2
• Porter Creek bench environmental inventory, nd. A 1-page overview of the future Whistle Bend.
• The latest draft of the Zoning By-law: Map 6: Whistle Bend
  
• City of Whitehorse Whistle Bend documents, particularly the Master Plan map and the Development Phasing map;
  
• Trails, both pre- and post- construction: Greenspace@Whistle Bend.
• various studies, plans, ....
• Traffic studies
  - Whistle Bend Transportation network impact study, 2009
  - re: 2012 Whistle Bend Traffic Impact Analysis Update
  - Whistle Bend Traffic Impact Analysis Update R1
  - Whistle Bend Traffic Impact Analysis peer review
• Whistle Bend Solar