8 bike-corridor projects planned for Winnipeg in 2017

On paper, Winnipeg plans to spend $4.7 million on active transportationprojects 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.

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

Commuter-bikecorridors

• McDermotAvenuebike lane upgrades (Arlington Street toSherbrookStreet):$1 million
• KeewatinStreet pathway (Burrows Avenue toInksterBoulevard): $1 million
• SherbrookStreet (Cumberland Avenue toMcDermotAvenue): $500,000

Recreational walkways/bike paths

• TransconaTrail (Regent Avenue toPanetAvenue):$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 projectswith bike corridor components

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