Mid-Construction Season Update
102 Avenue Bike Route
With the opening of the 102 Avenue Bridge over Groat Road on July 15, the City sees its first section of cycle track.
The sidewalks on the bridge are still under construction (just beyond the black tarp) and until they open in September, the cycle track is being used as a shared-use path. Pedestrians and cyclists are urged to watch out for each other. Thanks for sharing!
The bridge's cycle track will connect with a shared-use path to the west, currently under construction, and a cycle track east which will begin construction in 2017.
Construction of the shared-use path from 136 Street to Connaught Drive is just beginning. Utilities are staked out along the sidewalk near the 102 Avenue bridge in preparation for construction. Further east, from 130 Street to 136 Street, the sidewalk is closed and has already been dug out. Please be careful in the area.
Construction of the shared-use path is on schedule and is expected to be complete by fall.
*New* If you find yourself at 102 Avenue and 130 Street, check out Edmonton's first traffic signal for cyclists. As the 102 Avenue cycle track builds out, more of these lights are planned.
On the other side of the river, construction is also well underway.
83 Avenue Bike Route
Construction of the bike boulevard from 99 Street to 96 Street includes the complete reconstruction of the road, curbs, gutters and adjacent sidewalks, To date, sidewalks on both sides of the street are complete except on the north side of 83 Avenue from 96 Street to 97 Street.
Currently, the intersection of 83 Avenue and 98 Street is closed for utility work. Cyclists are detouring using 84 Avenue, which is a fairly calm road due to construction in the area.
Work is expected to be complete by this fall.
Other News
Downtown Temporary Bike Grid
On July 12, 2016, Councillor McKeen presented a motion at City Council “That Administration, in partnership with Stantec, provide an updated report on a minimum grid for physically separated bike lane infrastructure in the City of Edmonton's core and the report should include the potential use of relatively inexpensive (within existing resources) temporary infrastructure (example: bollards, mobile concrete curbs), as can be found in the City of Calgary's pilot project.”
City Administration will bring this report to City Council's new Urban Planning Committee on September 28.
For More Information:
Visit:
www.edmonton.ca/cycling
Email:
cycling@edmonton.ca
Call: 780-944-5600