Study is based on idea of four-metre-wide 289-kilometre trail between Victoria and Courtenay, with link to Port Alberni.
Converting the old E&N rail line to an active transportation trail would cost an estimated $172.7 million and could generate $50 million in direct economic impact annually, says a new report for the Friends of Rails to Trails Vancouver Island.
It examined successful trails in Canada and the U.S., predicting that an Island trail would attract close to a million visits annually. The study says $101 million of the total project cost would go toward basic civil work on the trail. Other costs would include $13 million for railings and decking on 50 bridges, $12 million for at-grade crossing improvements, $10 million to raise vertical clearances on two bridges and $20 million for contingency costs.
Islanders have been debating the viability of resuming passenger and freight service using a modern train system and a Langford-Victoria commuter service. Cost estimates for the trail did not include removing tracks, but Craighead said if the trail plan goes ahead, that responsibility would likely fall to the owner, the Island Corridor Foundation, which is made up of regional districts and First Nations.
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