City golf courses switching to electric golf carts for 2022
Winnipeg’s golf courses are getting greener next year, and it is not the grass on the fairway.
The city is launching a request for proposals to acquire 120 electric golf carts that will be divided between Kildonan Park, Windsor Park, and Crescent Drive—60 for Kildonan, 55 for Windsor Park and five for Crescent Drive.
"Fully electric. We had a sampling of electric golf carts at Kildonan for the last two seasons, but we're making a move to a full fleet in 2022," said Dave Comaskey, who is the golf operations coordinator for the city.
He said a pilot project was done in 2019 and the city learned that many players preferred using the electric cart.
He added the city and the department are working to be greener on the course.
"The savings that go along with powering a golf cart. An electric golf cart is about 10 per cent cheaper per round, to run that cart for 18 holes."
Comaskey said the city has heard electric carts offer a better golfing experience and they are quieter on the course.
When it comes to cost, he added they will have to spend some money on converting storage areas into facilities that can charge the carts when they aren't being used.
He said that will be about $20,000 to $25,000 per course.
Comaskey said there isn't a downside to this change.
"We're excited about it. Electric golf carts have been around and lots of courses are going that route and it's certainly some we have wanted to do," he said added golfers in the city are excited as well.
The city has proposed the contract for the carts last from April 1, 2022, to Oct. 31, 2025, with an option to mutually extend the contract with one-year extensions.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
'I just can't believe that it took so long': Body found in wreckage 3 months after deadly fire
A man accused of arson in a January Old Strathcona apartment fire is expected to be charged with manslaughter after a body was discovered in the burned building late last month.
No proof man lied to brother about number of kittens born in litter, B.C. tribunal rules
A man was denied a $5,000 payout from his brother after a B.C. tribunal dismissed his claim disputing how many kittens were born in a litter.
Work stoppage possible as WestJet issues lockout notice to maintenance engineers' union
A lockout notice issued by WestJet to a union representing aircraft maintenance engineers could result in a work stoppage next week.
Quebec police hand out hundreds of tickets to Hells Angels and other bikers before 'first run' meeting
Quebec provincial police handed out hundreds of fines to Hells Angels members and other supporting motorcycle clubs who met for their 'first run' in a small town near Sherbrooke, Que.
Auston Matthews skates ahead of Game 7, status unclear with season on the line
Auston Matthews was back on the ice with his teammates Saturday.
Russia puts Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on its wanted list
Russia has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, Russian state media reported Saturday, citing the interior ministry’s database.
Snakes almost on a plane: U.S. TSA discovers a bag with small snakes in passenger's pants
According to an X post by the Transportation Security Administration, officers at the Miami International Airport found the small bag of snakes hidden in a passenger's trousers on April 26 at a checkpoint.
A Chinese driver is praised for helping reduce casualties in a highway collapse that killed 48
A Chinese truck driver was praised in local media Saturday for parking his vehicle across a highway and preventing more cars from tumbling down a slope after a section of the road in the country's mountainous south collapsed and killed at least 48 people.
Feds hope to table foreign interference legislation next week: LeBlanc
Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he plans to table legislation this week to help the federal government address foreign interference, but he wouldn't say whether the proposal will include a foreign agent registry.