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cutting through [a strip mall] or using Borden which carries the added traffic from the Saanich public works yard,” Atwell said. One of the most poorly organized The new lanes on Borden and Cedar Hill sections of the Lochside Trail in Saanich will be four metres wide, and about 300 will be improved thanks to a $140,000 metres in length. contribution from Bike B.C. to match “It’s great to see infrastructure $140,000 from Saanich. considered for cycling, but considering The project will install dedicated bike how much we spend on car infrastructure, crossings within the intersection of [what cycling gets] is still a pittance,” said McKenzie Avenue and Borden Street, as Edward Pullman, president well as raised bi-directional bike (and pedestrian) lanes “This is an essential of the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition. on Borden and Cedar Hill part of the cycling Pullman says the Cross Road to re-connect with the Lochside Trail corridor, one that needs provincial government’s contribution to cycling, north of McKenzie. which amounts to about “This is an essential part that priority.” - Richard Atwell $160 million since 2001, of the cycling corridor, one doesn’t stack up to that needs that priority,” anywhere near the huge said Mayor Richard Atwell. dollars going into car infrastructure. “[This will] improve safety for cyclists, However, the protected bike lanes on pedestrians and vehicles and will bring Borden are a start, as they’ll be the first of us another step closer to completing our their kind in Saanich as far as Pullman is region’s cycling infrastructure.” aware. Prior to his time as mayor, Atwell was “The Borden lanes should be separated a regular commuter along the Lochside from traffic and that is new. Lochside and and experienced the scramble that is the the Goose are considered separate trails, Lochside Trail at McKenzie and Borden. and the new Cook Street section does Currently, the trail breaks between have raised cycling lanes but they are McKenzie and Cedar Hill Cross Road. still inside the parking area, which is not In between is the intersection and a separate.” commercial strip mall known for the Victoria is also receiving funding, Monkey Tree Pub and an ICBC drivers’ $440,000 to connect existing pathways testing centre. It creates a dilemma for with the Heron Cove and Raymur Point cyclists who have to choose between Bridges. The two four-metre-wide cyclist/ dismounting at the crosswalks or riding pedestrian bridges are about 100 metres through and deciding whether to “cheat” in length and will connect pathways from through the ICBC parking lot. Ogden Point to downtown. “You’re coming out of the [Lochside] reporter@saanichnews.com and face two walk signals, you’re also
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Edward Pullman, president of the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition, stands at the head of the Lochside Trail.
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