The proposed Freezeway trail would be nearly seven miles long. If this isn’t the most Canadian thing ever I don’t know what is.
Getting around is a pain in the cold, but one Canadian city might lift winter blues by building an ice skating path nearly seven miles long.
Here's a rendering of the proposed trail, dubbed the Freezeway.
Can't skate? No sweat. The trail would be accompanied by a pedestrian walkway.
Matt Gibbs / Via youtube.com
BBC News reports Edmonton, Alberta, discussed the Freezeway at a recent conference about how cities can liven up their winters.
Matt Gibbs / Via youtube.com
Part of her team's job is looking for ways to embrace winter.
His idea stood out to Winter City among hundreds of ideas proposed in 2013, and has been floating around as a possibility ever since.
Gibbs has even uploaded a detailed Freezeway proposal to YouTube.
The project was originally Gibbs' master thesis, but the idea itself has been around even longer, BBC reports.
"Why don't we just crack the fire hydrants open, flood the streets and let people skate to work in the winter?" former city council member Tooker Gomberg joked in the 1990s.
Matt Gibbs / Via youtube.com
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