Cycling advocates disappointed by Halifax’s delay for infrastructure
Zimmer says the new proposed deadline is unacceptable and the Halifax Cycling Coalition is calling on the government to provide interim solutions.
“Painted bikes lanes, they might as well not exist. There is no barrier there. A car can swing into the lane at any point,” he says.The federal and provincial governments have directed funding towards constructing cycling infrastructure in Halifax so that currently, the city is only paying 17 per cent of the cost of updates to the cycling network.This federal and provincial financial support is due to expire in 2024 but Coun. Waye Mason says the federal funding will still be put to use.
The remaining safeguards outlined in the cycling network are now proposed to be completed in 2028 and not 2024. “We’re not going to leave any of that money on the table, but the bad news is that the top-level estimate to finish the network to the standard that we want by 2028 is going to cost substantially more than the federal funding and that is currently unfunded by the municipality,” Mason says.
Mason says new partnerships will need to be made with the federal and provincial governments to meet the new deadline.
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