Options considered for multi-use trail over Hillsborough Bridge

The governmentof P.E.I. is looking for ideason a multi-use trail for the Hillsborough Bridge that connects Charlottetown and Stratford.

A tenderwent out this week looking for early designs of alanethat can be used by pedestrians and cyclists.

"We are just looking at options ofhow they would proceed with doing a design," said chief engineer Steve Yeo. "We are asking them to look at developing a trail, an active transportation trail, between the city of Charlottetown and the town of Stratford."

A committee that includes members from Cycling P.E.I. and Rails to Trails will pick the winning consultant in May.

Then the consultant would be given some time to come up with more specific design options to be put back tothe committee.

"We will have to study them and look at the costing, what has to be done to the HillsboroughBridge, what has to be done to the causeway section, looking at the best way for pedestrianand cycling traffic then to join up withStratford or with Charlottetown," Yeo said.

Construction work on a multi-use trail shouldstart by 2023.

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