Council committee in favor of cycle route initiative

Voyageur Cycle Route signage could be going up soon in North Bay.

The Community Services Committee is supporting the initiative.

Chair Mark King says the route travels from Deep River to Sudbury and really the only cost to North Bay would be signage.

He says East Ferris has been really involved in the initiative, with much of the route on their secondary roads and work done to improve the route.

King says it’s comes into North Bay from Callander, travels along the Kate Pace Way, then out the west end of the city.

He also says part of the process is to leverage the province to look at extending the highway shoulders to allow for safe passage of cyclists.

Full council still needs to support the plan.