File #: 24-882    Version: 2 Name:
Type: Action Report Status: Carried
File created: 9/13/2024 In control: Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission
On agenda: 9/19/2024 Final action: 10/9/2024
Title: BC Active Transportation Grant - Infrastructure Grant Application - SSI - Rainbow Road Pedestrian and Bike Path
Attachments: 1. Staff Report: BCAT Application SSI Rainbow Rd Ped. & Bike Path, 2. Appendix A: Location Map and Draft Engineered Trail Design

Title

BC Active Transportation Grant - Infrastructure Grant Application - SSI - Rainbow Road Pedestrian and Bike Path

 

Recommendation

That the Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission recommends to the Capital Regional District Board:

1) That the Rainbow Road pedestrian and bike path be considered a priority project.

2) That an application to the Province of British Columbia Active Transportation - Infrastructure Grant Program for up to $315,000 be progressed for the purpose of construction of the Rainbow Road Path on Salt Spring Island.  

3) That the funding provided through the British Columbia Active Transportation Infrastructure Grant Program will be supported with up to $135,000 budgeted from the Salt Spring Island Local Community Commission’s Financial Plan; and

4) That staff be instructed to apply for, negotiate, and if successful, enter into an agreement and do all such things necessary for accepting Active Transportation Infrastructure grant funds and overseeing grant management for the proposed project.

(NWA)