Several bike lane and active transportation projects in Greater Victoria and up-island will be receiving grant funding from the BC government.
These grants will allow cyclists and pedestrians to utilize more multi-use pathways, protected bike lanes, pedestrian bridges and safety improvements throughout Greater Victoria, Vancouver Island and the rest of BC.
Municipal governments rely on this funding to make these projects possible.
“With this funding, we’re helping communities across BC build a more sustainable future,” said Mike Farnworth, Minister of Transportation and Transit.
“By connecting communities with dedicated active transportation infrastructure, we’re encouraging people to cycle, walk or roll, which is good for our health and lessens our reliance on passenger vehicles.”
The Province is providing a new round of provincial funding to support 53 ongoing active transportation infrastructure projects.
In addition, nine communities will receive funding to create network plans for future active transportation.
The projects on Vancouver Island that are receiving funds from the Province are:
- Capital Regional District – Pender Island – Schooner Way school trail
- Comox – Aspen Road/Bolt Avenue sidewalk improvement and cycle lanes project
- Esquimalt – Esquimalt Road active transportation and underground improvements
- Langford – Latoria active transit Improvements
- Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation – MMFN Woss Lake Grease Trail and Malaspina Trail renewal
- Nanaimo – Crosswalk upgrades that improve active transportation routes and Third Street active transportation improvements
- Saanich – Shelbourne Street improvement project, as well as Albina, Maddock, Orillia improvements project
- Sidney – Bowerbank neighbourhood bikeway
- Sooke – Active transportation Throup Road corridor improvements
- Victoria – Cook Street North multi-modal corridor improvements and Blanshard Street North
- View Royal – Atkins Road sidewalk project
In total, the Province is committing $24 million in grants, with municipalities being able to access up to $500,000 for the project itself, or $50,000 for planning the project.
Since 2020, 327 projects have been funded by these active transportation grants across 187 communities.
