Backgrounder: Canada invests in active transportation projects across New Brunswick

Grand Falls

Urban Section Active Transportation

This project will support the widening of the urban pathway and install proper signage. It will improve cyclist and pedestrian safety by reducing potential collisions and ensuring accessibility.

$83,000¹

 (Active Transportation Fund)

$166,106 – (New Brunswick Regional Development Corporation)

$121,858 (Grand Falls Regional Municipality)

Hillsborough

Shoreline Trail - Hillsborough Segment

This project will extend the Shoreline Trail through Hillsborough around wetland areas and along a protective dike bordering the Petitcodiac River. Work will include landowner consultations, final design, trail construction, signage installation and grading and surfacing on portions of trail segments.

$158,040 ^{1, 2}

(Active Transportation Fund)

N/A

$12,840 (Village of Hillsborough)

$92,520

(Southeast Regional Service Commission)

Spruce Lake / Saint John

Cycling and Hiking Trail infrastructure improvement

The Coastal Link Trail Inc. will rehabilitate and repurpose over 4 kilometres of former New Brunswick Railway lands along the Spruce Lake shoreline in Saint John’s to connect to new bike lanes along the Ocean Westway Road in the City’s south end. The trail will create a balanced active transportation network that meets the needs of cyclists and pedestrians.

$513,883

(Active Transportation Fund)

$217,589 (Government of New Brunswick)

$152,901

(Coastal Link Trails Inc.)

$125,000 (Trans Canada Trail)

Woodstock

Deakin Drive Multi-Use Recreational Path

This project will construct a new multi-use path and crosswalks to make Deakin Drive safer for pedestrians and cyclists.

$141,000 ²

(Active Transportation Fund)

N/A

$94,000 (Town of Woodstock)