Several communities will get help with expanding transportation infrastructure through new grants.
The BC Government is investing $24 million to 53 active transporation infrastructure projects, with hopes of improving connections to employment, school, transit, and regional centres across BC.
They say the grants come from the Active Transporation Infrastructure Grants Program, which focuses on funding local, regional, and Indigenous governments for infrastructure.
For Vancouver Island, three communities are getting funding for their projects.
Comox will use the money to install a new sidewalk and bike lanes at Aspen Road/Bolt Avenue. The aim is to provide direct access to a park and elementary school.
For Nanaimo, the city will use the money to upgrade crosswalks at seven locations and to widen Third Street to allow for more transporation improvements, including bike lanes and a sidewalk.
In Gold River, the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation will work on trail clearing and pre/post trip amenities for the Grease Trail and Malaspina Trail.
The province adds the funding also includes helping some communities to build network plans for active transportation in the future.
Those communities Gold River, Regional District of Nanaimo, Snuneymeux First Nation, Cortes Island, and Oyster Bay-Buttle Lake.
