MoTI-Gaps
In early May of 2021 MoTI reached out to HUB North Shore. They asked us to contribute to the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure Cycling Infrastructure Gap Assessment Project:
The Province is committed to making cycling a safe, convenient, and comfortable form of transportation for people of all ages and abilities across British Columbia. To support this work, the BC Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (MoTI) is looking to develop a master list of regionally significant cycling gaps on MoTI infrastructure in each sub-region within the South Coast Region (from the Sunshine Coast, across Metro Vancouver to the Fraser Valley). For this project, a regionally significant cycling gap is on MoTI infrastructure and decreasing regional connectivity for cyclists between urban centres. With the support of Urban Systems Ltd., MoTI is working with agency partners across the region to identify these gaps and reconcile the information with stakeholder priorities. The list of regionally significant gaps within each sub-region will be used to assist MoTI with selecting new cycling infrastructure projects when opportunities and funding become available.
HUB has been asking MoTI to do this for a long time. We need to assemble our list and share it with them at a meeting on May 13th. This input is CRITICAL as this master list will probably guide MoTI's budget and infrastructure building for the next 5-10 years. We MUST make sure that the right gaps are at the top of the list. We have started to compile our list and need to ensure it is complete and discuss our priorities for these gaps. Note that a GAP can be either a section along either Hwy 1 or Hwy 99, OR a crossing/intersection on either of these highways. The Gaps are limited to only those under MoTI's jurisdiction, which for the North Shore is the 2 highway corridors and 1st & 2nd Narrows Bridges.
We have started compiling a list based on our submission last summer to MoTI's North Shore Hwy 1 corridor study
We have an interactive map showing the currently identified gaps. If you click on one it will provide a description of the GAP I have a spreadsheet listing them.
Currently this is a work in progress and will be discussed at our Committee Meeting on may 6th.