Looking at the final plans for the Empress project, I can't figure out what the city is thinking with the bike lanes. It looks like bikes are supposed to enter the loop (on the road) off of the Eastbound lanes of Portage Ave and then get on the bike path. It doesn't look particularly safe. Also, the new ramps from Portage Ave sidewalks to the overpass are intended for pedestrians only, not shared between cyclists and pedestrians. Overall, seems like an odd design. Also, not pictured in the photo here, is the bike lane connection to St. Mathews. Because the bike lane is two way on the east side of Empress, the connection to the existing (half assed) bike lanes on St. Matthews will be quite awkward depending on the direction of travel.
The high res PDF is here:
https://www.winnipeg.ca/publicworks/...nal_Design.pdf