CWATS Bike Lockers Installed Across Essex County
Secure lockers that will protect your bicycle from thieves and the weather are being installed at key locations in each of Essex County’s seven local municipalities.
The lockers were funded through the County Wide Active Transportation System’s Municipal Partnership program, which sees the County and local municipalities share the costs for enhancements to trails and active transportation corridors.
“This partnership program benefits the residents of Essex County and it promotes both safe cycling and the increased use of bicycles instead of motor vehicles,” said Katherine Wilson, Active Transportation Coordinator for the County of Essex. “These lockers will provide cyclists a secure place to store their bicycles and they are being placed in high-traffic locations like municipal arenas and recreation centres.”
Users can access the lockers for free using the Movatic smartphone App, which enables individual users to open and close a locker using Bluetooth technology. Users simply have to open the App near a locker to initiate the process.
The App can be downloaded from the Apple App store or Google Play. Cyclists can also conveniently download the App on site by scanning a QR code on each locker.
The App is very easy to use and will enable the CWATS team to track usage of the lockers to determine how often they are used and when they are accessed and for how long. This information will help determine whether more lockers should be installed in the future.
One locker with compartments for two bicycles is being installed at each of the following locations:
- Amherstburg: Libro Centre
- Essex: Essex Recreation Complex
- Kingsville: Kingsville Arena
- LaSalle: Vollmer Complex
- Lakeshore: Belle River Marina
- Leamington: Nature Fresh Farms Recreation Centre
- Tecumseh: Tecumseh Arena
The CWATS network spans some 400 km across all seven local municipalities in Essex County and links to trail systems in Windsor and Chatham-Kent. Construction over the next 15 years will see the network of trails, pathways and signed routes expand to about 800 km.
For more information, contact:
Katherine Wilson
519-776-6441, ext. 1309
