Funding Announced for 6th Street Active Transportation Bridge

The city of Courtenay is receiving funding assistance from the federal and provincial governments to spend more than $6.8 million on the 6th Street Active Transportation Bridge project. 

The bridge over the river will provide a safe and accessible alternative route to encourage sustainable and active commuting options for residents. 

Funding has been announced by Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, BC Minister of Municipal Affairs Anne Kang, and Courtenay Mayor Bob Wells. 

The project will offer cyclists, pedestrians and other non-motorized transportation users a connection from the bottom of 6th Street to Simms Millennium Park and the extensive trail networks on both sides of the Courtenay River. 

Mayor Wells says the city has been working on plans for a bridge on 6th Street for many years, and it is going to fill in a key link in the City’s commuter network for people who walk, cycle and roll, and make it easier to get downtown. 

He says the new bridge will also help build connections to current and future active transportation routes in east and west Courtenay.