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8 bike-corridor projects planned for Winnipeg in 2017

On paper, Winnipeg plans to spend $4.7 million on active transportation projects next year. In reality, the city plans to invest more by building bike-lane construction into road-renewal and waterway projects.

$4.7M officially budgeted for active transportation but more built into road renewal, waterway projects

Winnipeg plans to build more bike routes along seven Winnipeg streets and one creek in 2017. (Darren Bernhardt/CBC)

On paper, Winnipeg plans to spend $4.7 million on active transportation projects next year.

In reality, the city plans to invest even more into bike-and-pedestrian projects by building bike lane construction into road renewal and waterway projects.

Here are the eight major active-transportation projects planned for 2017 in the budget tabled this week by Mayor Brian Bowman:

Commuter-bike corridors

  • McDermot Avenue bike lane upgrades (Arlington Street to Sherbrook Street): $1 million
  • Keewatin Street pathway (Burrows Avenue to Inkster Boulevard): $1 million 
  • Sherbrook Street (Cumberland Avenue to McDermot Avenue): $500,000 ​

​​Recreational walkways/bike paths

  • Transcona Trail (Regent Avenue to Panet Avenue): $1 million

Waterway projects with bike trail components

  • Ness Avenue culvert: Path along Strugeon Creek, below bridge, $1 million
  • Lyndale Drive retaining wall: Mixed use path, $500,000

Street renewal projects with bike corridor components

  • Pembina Highway (De Vos Road to Killarney Avenue): Buffered bike lanes, $3.6 million
  • Empress Street (St. Matthews Avenue to Portage Avenue): Protected bike lanes, $1.6 million