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Greenways Plan

In 2003, Victoria City Council adopted the City of Victoria Greenways Plan to provide a policy framework and a series of strategies to establish a greenway system throughout the City of Victoria. This is a long-term plan that will be implemented over the next 50 years.

A greenway is a corridor of protected open space that is managed for conservation and/or recreation. The common characteristic of greenways is that they all go somewhere and follow natural land or water features. Greenways can provide a link between special destinations such as schools, parks, commercial centres, recreation centres and any other location where people often go, and encourage people to walk, cycle or use some other form of non-motorized transportation.

The City's greenways vision is "to provide a superb, human-scaled, people-friendly environment so that pedestrians, cyclists and other non-motorized users will be rewarded with a safe, enjoyable and engaging experience as they use greenways".

A committee consisting of staff representatives from several City departments, City Council and members of the public has been established to guide the implementation of the Greenways Plan.

• Greenways Plan - Adopted by Council August 28, 2003 [PDF 660KB]
• Greenways Map [PDF 2.1MB]
• Greenways Map [DWF 1.1MB]
• Greenways Map - Capital Regional District Trails & Municipality Connections [DWF 823KB]
• Greenways Map - Bowker Creek [DWF 121KB]

A key component of the Greenways Plan is the development of a harbour pathway to connect Ogden Point to Rock Bay.

For more information, contact:

Doug Demarzo
Parks Senior Planner
Parks, Recreation and Community Development
City of Victoria
(250) 361-0617
E-mail Doug Demarzo

Gary Darrah
Manager, Park Development
Parks, Recreation and Community Development
City of Victoria
(250) 361-0624
E-mail Gary Darrah

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