TransLink is providing some big dollars for the City of Delta to help fund improved cycling paths, roads and walkways.
The transit authority last week announced investments throughout Metro Vancouver, totalling $130 million, to upgrade or build 107 transportation projects in various municipalities, as well as to maintain the Major Road Network.
The Delta projects to receive funding include the construction of a 3.5-metre-wide multi-use pathway on 114 Street from 83 Avenue to 84 Avenue ($270,750), road improvements on 96 Avenue from 114 Street to 120 Street, including a 1.5-to-1.8 metre wide cycle track and a sidewalk ($153,250), a 2.2-metre-wide sidewalk on north/west side of Cliveden Avenue from BCIT to 100 metres south of Derwent Way ($154,000), a Delta “Hot Spot” study to Identify transit speed and reliability issues ($75,000) and rehabilitating the Nordel Way BNSF Overpass including an expansion joint replacement ($236,537).
TransLink is also providing funding for the city’s ongoing project that will see 72 Avenue widened to a four-lane road from the BNSF Overpass to 115 Street ($820,000).
It’s the first phase of the city’s 72 Avenue Roadway Improvements Project and work has been underway for several months.
The project includes, among other things, road widening, a centre median island, grass boulevards with street trees and new decorative LED street lighting on the avenue.
The city notes work is to be substantially completed by this fall.
Council last fall approved awarding a $5.97 million contract for that first phase.
Starting in 2023, Phase 2 will see upgrades from 115 Street to 120 Street (Scott Road). That phase was estimated to cost over $4 million.
The project is co-funded by TransLink as part of their Major Road Network Improvement Program and is also co-funded by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC).
The city is asking residents who have noticed an increase in short-cutting traffic through their neighbourhood, due to the construction on 72 Avenue, to contact Delta staff to request temporary traffic calming measures.
