3 December 2010

City of Richmond Spends $5M on
Rails for Trails

Richmond British Columbia - The City of Richmond, BC, has splashed out $5 million on 14.7 acres of CP land in order to extend the trail system.
 
The recent purchase of 3.6km of land in the Railway Avenue corridor will "enhance the city's ability to connect a number of neighbourhoods to the trail system," according to a city press release.
 
"This purchase augments the city-owned land on either side of the old railway line. We look forward to developing this land for public use," said Mayor Malcolm Brodie.
 
Currently, the land is a strip of undeveloped green space west of Railway Avenue, running from Granville Avenue to Garry Street.
 
The city is developing a 20-year plan to combine the city-owned lands with the newly acquired CP lands and determine the appropriate public use.
 
This purchase, according to the city, provides the opportunity to develop a major north-south trail connecting Steveston village to the Middle Arm of the Fraser River and the city centre.
 
The cost of improvements to the land will be funded by the parks capital program.