Qualicum Beach Mayor Teunis Westbroek shows B.C.'s Community Services Minister Ida Chong the area to be developed as a walking trail, linking the downtown area to beach access during the Minister's April 13, 2007 visit to the oceanside community.
The Province's LocalMotion program is contributing $31,000 to help Qualicum Beach build a walking trail from the downtown area to the beach access.
The trail will allow users to walk safely without having to use the roadways. It will also complete a trail system that crosses the municipality from Grandon Creek Walking Trail to the Little Qualicum River estuary.
Qualicum Beach is one of 26 communities across British Columbia that are receiving $18.9 million in the first round of the Province's LocalMotion program, to build bicycle paths, trails and walkways, support community playgrounds and improve accessibility for people with disabilities.
Minister Chong, Mayor Westbroek and municipal planning director Paul Butler.