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From YouTube: AUGUST 10 2020 Statements Jordan Sturdy
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
5th Session
41st Parliament
A
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Beyond
the
bike
lane,
debates
of
urban
british
columbia
right
across
the
province
connecting
communities
with
a
safe
and
healthy
alternative
to
the
car
to
get
into
town
school
or
to
work
can
be
as
simple
as
a
meter
wide
crushed
gravel
trail
that
provides
a
real
alternative
to
the
skinny
shoulders
of
the
deep,
ditch
provincial
highways.
A
Rural
commuter
trail
development
and
maintenance
is
a
bit
of
an
orphan.
Traditionally
mountain
bike
trails
are
most
often
conceived
of
and
built
by
local
groups
like
the
squamish,
whistler
and
pemberton
off-road
cycling
associations.
In
the
case
of
the
sea
to
sky,
reflecting
their
membership,
these
groups
often
focus
on
building
and
maintaining
downhill
excitement
and
the
climbs
needed
to
service
them.
Multi-Use
trails
connecting
communities,
regional
districts,
municipalities
and
first
nations
are
complicated
by
jurisdiction
and
bureaucracy,
and
even
for
groups
like
the
pemberton
valley
trails
association
with
decades
of
experience,
the
task
can
demand
skills
and
resources.
A
That
would
challenge
any
community
group,
but
are
made
even
more
difficult
without
a
consistent
funding
model
enter
an
opportunity
for
a
covid
recovery
program
that
could
support
these
worthy
groups
and
leave
a
lasting
provincial
community
legacy.
A
coalition
has
come
together
to
form
trails
for
commun
covid
recovery
task
force.
A
Local
trail
societies
can
form
the
framework
on
which
coordinated
trail
development
would
improve
and
expand
transportation
and
recreation
networks
throughout
british
columbia.
These
organizations
are
raring
to
go
with
shovel-ready
trail
projects
that
support
our
beleaguered
tourism
sector
and
will
also
leave
important
alternative
community
transportation
infrastructure
right
across
this
province.
Let's
strengthen
the
trail
network
in
british
columbia,
mr
speaker,
because
trails
build
community.