Where is the bike path?
Snow is inevitable in Winnipeg but on some construction sites it looked like they had all the time in the world to complete them. Look at Kenaston Route 90 and you can't help wondering if the flimsy construction signs and pylons don't just disappear each time it snows. I certainly see them knocked down routinely.
In any event, we are at the start of winter and many construction sites are likely done for 2010 and we have several areas that are incomplete.
It was reported that 6 of the 36 bike paths have not been started. There are 12 that still have work to be done. The final tally of 18 bike paths are complete.
The federal government has said there will be no extension of federal money into 2011. This means that some of these active transportation projects could be looking to the city for complete funding.
I have already reported that Assiniboine Avenue work has been partly reversed and that two-way traffic has been restored.
It remains to be seen whether some of the other projects could be reversed.
Back on November 12, a cyclist found out how safe the Grosvenor Avenue and Waverley Street.
The picture from the story that Global News broke.
Fortunately, for this cyclist, the injuries were minor. Given how dangerous the circles are for pedestrians and cyclists, I expect we might see further problems.
If the city has to pay for the remainder of the active transportation system, it is possible they'll put a halt to completing the last of it. Sadly, this lack of money may mean that work that was done elsewhere in the city might stay despite whatever dissatisfaction and danger there is.
Update: Westworth Church has been able to push back against the complete plan for Grosvenor's bike path. No parking signs have long been removed from Lanark Street to the CN line.
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