Walkable Streets

Southlands is a compact mixed-use neighbourhood designed to put the pedestrian first. Everyone can use the walkable streets and nature trails through Southlands to get to the beach and linking all of Tsawwassen’s neighbourhoods. The Market Square emphasizes foot traffic and open space.

The circulation pattern within the housing sector is a fine-grained interconnected system of streets and paths planned to encourage walking and cycling, enhance transit viability and offer a variety of alternative paths connecting various destinations minimizing traffic loads on any one street.

Local amenities will be within walking distance for residents, including convenience shopping, cafes, and community amenities. Studies on planned mixed-use communities of this kind show reductions in automobile trip generation of between 30% to 40%.