From the B.C. Government:
The Province has doubled this year’s investment in BikeBC, with $7.25 million to expand and build cycling lanes, trails and paths for B.C. families and communities.
BikeBC is a 50/50 cost-sharing program between the Province and local governments. This year’s investment of $7.25 million by the Province will help create more than $14.5 million in cycling infrastructure. Since 2008, the Province has committed over $11.9 million in BikeBC funding throughout B.C.
$4 million of this funding is available to Lower Mainland communities interested in linking their cycling paths and lanes to the Gateway Program cycling network. $2.75 million is available to help B.C. communities complete key pieces in their existing cycling networks through the Provincial Cycling Investment Program (PCIP). Local governments interested in these programs should contact the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure at: motcycling@gov.bc.ca
In addition, $500,000 is available to help B.C. communities with smaller scale projects, such as bike lanes and paths through the Cycling Infrastructure Partnerships Program (CIPP). Local governments interested in this program should apply online at: www.th.gov.bc.ca/BikeBC/CIPP.html
Surprise: there is a Gateway Program cycling network. No map available, as far as I can tell, but the program looks like it’s devoted to getting cyclists over and around the Gateway corridors and connecting up to local networks.
They’re on the Gateway website – Detailed Design Drawings of the project were posted a few months ago.
Under the tab “In Your Community” find the relevant municipality and go to the menu on the left marked “Project Designs” – the commuter cycling and multi-use paths are marked in green and blue, respectively, on each map.
The menu items marked “Cycling/Pedestrian” give a written description, but the plans are more useful to get an overall picture.
Here’s the link for the Vancouver/Burnaby segments:
http://www.pmh1project.com/in-your-community/vancouver-burnaby/Pages/Project-Designs.aspx
and Coquitlam Cape Horn:
http://www.pmh1project.com/in-your-community/coquitlam-cape-horn/Pages/Project-Designs.aspx
and Surrey:
http://www.pmh1project.com/in-your-community/surrey/Pages/Project-Designs.aspx
and Langley:
http://www.pmh1project.com/in-your-community/in-your-community-langley/Pages/Project-Designs.aspx
The $4 million I believe is part of the $10 million to help link the bike facilities constructed as part of the Gateway to the surrounding bicycle network. I’m not sure exactly what is planned but much work is needed around the Port Mann to link up to the CVG and the PoCo trail.
I must say that the Willingdon and Kensington overpasses look to be a big improvement with a 4m shared path on one side and bike lanes on the other. Too bad they didn’t do something on Gilmore though.
Somehow, us in Vancouver neglected to get them to improve the 1st Ave and Lougheed underpasses.
So does that mean that these figures don’t include money earmarked for building cycling infrastructure into the new Port Mann bridge?
That’s what is sounds like. The bike and multi-use paths that are included in the Gateway project would be under the Gateway budget and money spent by the Province. The $4 M is available to municipalities to construct works to link to the Province’s Gateway work.