TransLink is funding more than $48 million in major road and cycling projects across Metro Vancouver’s municipalities in 2016.
In its annual release of funds, Translink has committed $9.8 million towards 16 capital improvement road and bicycle projects in 12 Metro Vancouver municipalities. Projects include Coquitlam’s Barnet Highway Bike Project; a new multi-use pathway on 128 Avenue in Maple Ridge; widening of King George Boulevard in South Surrey; and improvements to cycling infrastructure at the intersection of Burrard Street and Pacific Street in Vancouver.
“These investments will improve transportation infrastructure for people across the region, whether they drive, bike, walk or talk transit,” said Sany Zein, TransLink acting vice-president of infrastructure management and engineering. “We work closely with our municipal partners to identify the improvement projects that will help people and goods move safely and efficiently across the region.”
Funds also include $38.5 million to operate, maintain and rehabilitate the regional Major Road Network (MRN). Funds are used by municipalities for a range of activities, including street cleaning and snow removal; maintaining streetlights, traffic signals and signs; patching potholes and repaving. Funding is provided per kilometre of MRN within each municipality.
Funded projects completed in 2015 include the Burrard Bridge south end cycling improvements in Vancouver; North Vancouver’s Green Necklace Greenway along East Keith Road and Grand Boulevard; and safety improvements to the intersection of Ioco Road and Jacobs Road in Port Moody.
The MRN is a network of more than 2,300 lane kilometers, or 600 road kilometers, of arterial roads stretching across the region that carry the bulk of the region’s commuter, transit and truck traffic.
