Bow Valley Parkway driving ban put on hold
Posted Jan 26, 2013 8:04 am.
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Plans for a spring driving ban along the Bow Valley Parkway have been put on hold for a year.
According to the Calgary Herald, Parks Canada says it doesn’t have the infrastructure in place to shutdown a 17 kilometre stretch of highway between Johnston Canyon and where the former Highway 1A meets the Trans-Canada, just west of Banff.
The idea behind the driving ban, between 8 p.m. and 8 a.m. from March 1st to June 25th each year, is to protect wildlife after the hibernation season comes to an end. The area is populated by grizzlies, wolves and moose.
A Southern Alberta chapter spokesperson for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society is disappointed with the decision, and worries the one-year delay could prove to be permanent.
