Sault Ste. Marie City Council voted tonight to look into increasing snowmobile-friendly accessible roads in the city, but nixed any use of the 25-kilometre John Rowswell Hub Trail by the machines.

A resolution from Ward 1 Couns. Sandra Hollingsworth and Paul Christian initially proposed working with Sault Trailblazers Snowmobile Club to allow sledders to use municipal roads “and/or the John Rowswell Hub Trail” in a bid to boost winter tourism.

But Ward 4 Coun. Rick Niro and Mayor Christian Provenzano persuaded their colleagues that the Hub Trail should be removed from the resolution.

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