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Langley backs off of bylaws requiring riders to clean up after their mounts on Township streets and trails
Matthew Claxton
May 12, 2025 7:47 AM
Local equestrian riders won a second change in Langley Township's bylaw governing public spaces, after council voted to soften requirements that riders clean up horse manure off public streets and trails.
The Township has been considering an updated public spaces regulation bylaw. Broad bylaws like these are updated every few years to keep them current.
However, the version that was put forward this spring drew the ire of Langley's horse riding community, who turned up in significant numbers in March after local rider Gloria Stelting noticed the provision in the changed regulations. As written, the bylaw would have banned horses from public streets.
At a March 24 meeting, council voted to quash that section of the bylaw, allowing horses to travel on public roads, as equestrians have done for decades across rural areas of Langley...
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