Construction on Stanley Park Causeway bike paths starts Sunday
Bicycle fencing and wider sidewalks are finally coming to the Stanley Park Causeway, which is used by an estimated 2,200 cyclists per weekday in summertime.
On Sunday (September 14), construction is slated to begin on the $4.37-million pedestrian and cyclist safety improvement project on 2.2 kilometres of Highway 99.
According to the B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, MRC Total Build of Langley is expected to finish the work by the end of the year.
"The ministry's improvements to the Stanley Park Causeway will provide a safer and more comfortable cycling and walking route for the thousands of people who use it each day, and will encourage many more to use active transportation along this important connector," HUB Cycling executive director Erin O'Melinn said in a ministry news release. "Improvements such as safety barriers, path widening and improved signage are important steps to making Stanley Park Causeway suitable for all ages and abilities."
For pedestrians and cyclists, there will be weekday detours via Hanson Trail and Pipeline Drive between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
"Vehicle traffic on the causeway will not be affected during the daytime. There will be single-lane closures overnight on weekdays between 9:30 p.m. and 6 a.m. and on weekends between 10 p.m. and 9 a.m., with one vehicle lane remaining open in each direction," the ministry release states.
The causeway lies in the territories of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish First Nations, which, the province says, were consulted on the project's design and construction.
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Sep 9, 2015 at 3:29pm
Excuse me.... 2,200 cyclists per day on the Stanley Park causeway? No way in hell that many people use that causeway. Maybe 2,200 per month. Just more inaccurate statistics from the anti-car crowd to waste money.
Miles
Sep 9, 2015 at 5:17pm
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The number might be a tad high, but if you've actually biked the route before, which I assume you haven't, you'd see how crowded and dangerous it can be. It would have been only a matter of time before there would be another horrific accident.
out at night
Sep 9, 2015 at 8:49pm
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2200 /2 (there are 2 sidewalks, one in each direction) = 1100.
1100 / 14 hours (cyclists ride the causeway primarily from 6 am till 8 pm.) = 78.57.
Factoring in cyclists riding at night, that's still an average of about 75 cyclists per hour in both directions, or one every 75 seconds, steady, from 6 am till 8 pm. Mmmm, well, I guess that could be true. Does seem a bit high though doesn't it? Nothing like 2200 per month though! That's either deliberate over-statement on your part, or if you're serious then it confirms you are a dumdum.
I ride over Lions Gate Bridge 3 or 4 times a week so I'm all for the upgrades of course. Mind you I ride up via the interior roads (and sometimes trails) of Stanley Park instead of climbing the causeway in a soup of exhaust and noise. Takes a couple extra minutes but it is the tops. Usually nice and quiet and smells great too.
CMSHC
Sep 9, 2015 at 9:39pm
I had no idea the Ministry was considered part of the anti-car crowd:
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/driving-and-transportation/transportati...
See page 2, "?" - and rub your eyes with those dragging knuckles, there's an active transportation evolution happening...wake up.
CMALL
Sep 10, 2015 at 9:08pm
@? There are easily that many cyclists on the causeway each day. Many many more take the long way through the park, dodging jaywalkers, tour busses, and horses. Many of those cyclists will move to the causeway if it is made safer.
The city pays to pave and maintain tiny cul-de-sacs that get 10 cars a day max. Perhaps let us cyclists have this inexpensive project without your petty complaints.