West Vancouver Mayor Mary-Ann Booth and Geoff Croll, the president of British Pacific Properties officially opened a new section of the Mountain Path and the new Trestle Bridge.
This new section of the pedestrian and cycle path will connect the new Uplands neighbourhoods of Rodgers Creek to Cypress Pop-Up Village and the future Cypress Village, and is anticipated to be a highly used community, recreational amenity.
The Trestle Bridge is a newly constructed, 200-metre-long wood bridge that spans two branches of Cave Creek through the new Uplands Neighbourhood.
The bridge design was inspired by the majestic wooden structures that supported railways throughout the province, in particular, the Houlgate Creek trestle built in West Vancouver in 1918 as well as the well-known, historic Kettle Valley Railway structures in BC’s Okanagan region.
Constructed with modern techniques and built from local timber processed on-site, the Trestle Bridge allows the Mountain Path to cross a riparian area with a light touch, to reduce the environmental impact.
The upper Mountain Path is a 2.1 kilometre, 3-metre-wide, paved, sustainably built pathway from the new Cypress Pop-Up Village, at the first switchback of Cypress Bowl Road, to Chippendale Road that forms part of a broader system of paths and trails connecting the Rodgers Creek neighbourhoods.
When the trail system is complete, there will be more than 5 kilometres of paved, lit, walking, and cycling paths between Chppendale Road at Marr Creek and Cypress Village.
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