Project is stalled due to lack of grant money, but CRD staff are expected to report in July on the possibility of a tax levy to fund the work
Plans for separate cycling and pedestrian paths on the busiest and narrowest part of the Galloping Goose trail could make a comeback this July.
The CRD has identified 6.6 kilometres of trail north of the Selkirk Trestle going past Uptown that would benefit from path widening and lighting, but upgrading those sections could cost up to $14 million, according to a 2020 estimate — money that would have to be cut from somewhere else in the budget.
Sales of e-bikes — which tend to be heavier and faster than conventional bicycles — have soared in North America in recent years. Yet none of the $11 million from the active transportation fund announced for Vancouver Island last month went to the CRD. “In some ways, the CRD is trailblazing because there isn’t a nice pattern for them to follow that they could say: ‘This is what they’ve done elsewhere, so this is what we can do here.’ ”It’s not the first regional trail project that has been delayed by grant challenges, he said. The widening project has been identified as a priority for several years, as was the completion of the E&N Rail Trail.
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