Witset Canyon Connection Project for Witset, BC

in progress

During our Community engagement for the Witset Active Transportation Plan, the amount of pedestrian use of the highway was particularly concerning as major safety concerns were highlighted such as low lighting and speeding vehicles. As such, creating a safe pedestrian path along highway 16 through the village is of highest priority. This project will construct a 470m long, 3m wide, asphalt paved multi-use path along Hwy 16, a part of the highway that is widely use by the community to get to the canyon and smoke house to do their cultural activities and traditional fishing. The project will also generate signage, benches and animal proof garbage bins. Witset is an Indigenous reserve community, and like many reserves lacks active transportation infrastructure. For our community, this will be this first of its kind and will be utilized by pedestrians, bikers, stroller users, kids, elders and wheel chair users. We are shovel ready; detailed design is complete. The project will enhance the safety and social-economic wellbeing for our community for generations to come.