Council approves St. Boniface riverbank walkway
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Winnipeg city council approved a $10-million riverbank walkway in St. Boniface Wednesday.
“I’m thrilled,” said St. Boniface city councillor Matt Allard.
Construction of Promenade Tache is set to begin this winter and be completed by this time next year, he said.
“This project will be a major facelift to the St. Boniface riverbank, which currently has a sidewalk in desperate need of repair, and is one of the major destinations for tourists and Winnipeggers alike,” Allard said.
The project involves the creation of a 2 1/2-kilometre-long pedestrian walkway on the St. Boniface side of the Red River, from the Provencher Bridge to the Norwood Bridge.
Allard said it is a core infrastructure project that will stabilize the Riverbank on Tache St from Provencher to behind the St. Boniface Hospital. It will protect Winnipeg’s primary dike, prevent further loss of Tache Street and provide lighting and street enhancements, he said. The Winnipeg Foundation is contributing $1 million and the federal government is providing $500,000.
Controversy has surrounded Promenade Tache project after it was disclosed by the administration that the price tag had almost doubled from $5.188 million to $10 million.
The administration said the higher cost is the result of additional riverbank stabilization work that wasn’t anticipated in the original estimate, along with road construction, street lighting, engineering work, unspecified overhead costs and a contingency allowance.
Four councillors – Jeff Browaty (North Kildonan), Shawn Dobson (St. Charles), Russ Wyatt (Transcona) and Devi Sharma (Old Kildonan) – voted against the $10-million project.
“This project is transformative, and will be moving Winnipeg in a direction that celebrates active transportation, Winnipeg’s French Quarter, and will provide additional profile to our beautiful Esplanade Bridge and our amazing Canadian Museum for Human rights,” said Matt Allard, councillor for St. Boniface.
-Staff