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Salt Spring Island Regional Trail Feasibility Study Findings and Next Steps
Recommendation
[At the January 28, 2026 Transportation Committee meeting, the Committee received for information the Regional Parks Committee report and passed a motion arising.
Previously, at the December 10, 2025 Capital Regional District Board meeting, the Board discussed and carried the following recommendations from the Regional Parks Committee meeting of November 11, 2025:
The Regional Parks Committee recommends to the Capital Regional District Board:
1. That the planning, implementation, and operation of all regional trails on the Gulf Islands-such as those identified in the Gulf Islands Regional Trails Plan-be referred to the CRD Transportation Committee for consideration;
2. That this report, including the Gulf Islands Regional Trails Plan, be referred to the Salt Spring Island Electoral Area Administration for information, in recognition of the local interest in establishing additional community trails in village sites on Salt Spring Island; and
3. That staff report back with a list of all CRD Regional Parks plans, policies, and bylaws requiring amendment or repeal as a result of establishing the Regional Transportation Service, and outline the process and timeline for completing these changes.]
The Transportation Committee recommends to the Capital Regional District Board:
That staff report back on the implications of the CRD Gulf Island trails being considered as regional trails under the Regional Transportation Service, during the update of the Regional Transportation Plan.
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