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Letters: City of Richmond needs to re-think bike lane plan

The Editor, Re: “Council pushes for more bike lanes,” News , Dec. 12 Recently, Richmond council approved a $6 million budget item to construct a 2.7 km multi-use path (bike lane) along the south side of Steveston Highway.
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A bike lane on Granville Avenue in Richmond. File photo

The Editor,

Re: “Council pushes for more bike lanes,” News, Dec. 12

Recently, Richmond council approved a $6 million budget item to construct a 2.7 km multi-use path (bike lane) along the south side of Steveston Highway.

That works out to almost $70 per square foot. I have asked the city for more information on what a $70/sq ft bike path will look like, but so far they have not responded. To put it another way, they could pave the entire pathway with $5 bills and have $2,196,829.10 left over.

I suggest someone needs to rethink this project.

Neil Cumming

RICHMOND