Colwood council agrees to top up a federal grant and build a $6.3-million bridge over the Galloping Goose trail at the Island Highway, near Wale Road
A disjointed section of the Galloping Goose Regional Trail that sends cyclists and pedestrians on lengthy detours — and some taking chances crossing a busy highway — is finally being addressed with a new bridge.
Colwood had already been approved for a $3.6-million grant from the Canada Infrastructure Program in April 2022, and added $1.33 million from its own surplus for the project. The remaining funding of $1.3 million will now be drawn from the city’s capital projects reserve fund. Often adding to confusion at the crossing is a small section of trail that cuts across from Wale Road to the highway, but ends there, with no safe crossing in sight.The city said there will need to be extra preparatory work before the bridge is built.
Advocates of the trail cheered the move. Council received dozens of letters in support, though Mayor Doug Kobayashi said the majority came from residents outside Colwood who frequently use the section for commuting. Colwood has been studying the idea of a pedestrian and cycling overpass since 2015, and made it part of the city’s Official Community Plan three years later.
Those improvements include a signalled intersection, a diagonal shared crossing for the Galloping Goose trail, bike-lane protection, extension of sidewalks along Wilfert Road and safer turning for larger vehicles.
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