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 City Greenway: Central Valley- Comox
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The Central Valley Greenway (CVG)is a 25 kilometre regional greenway linking important regional destinations in Vancouver, Burnaby, and New Westminster. Regional map »» The CVG includes 3 phases of development.
Phase 1 on Grandview Highway North between Commercial Drive and Slocan Street was completed in 2002. It includes several innovations and public amenities including: bike streets which are closed to vehicle traffic, improved lighting, native habitat restoration, recycled materials, drinking fountains, a butterfly garden, a bocce court, seating areas and public art.
 
In 2009, the City of Vancouver and it’s neighbours in Burnaby and New Westminster completed construction of Phase 2 of the Central Valley Greenway which links the 3 municipalities across the Greater Vancouver Region. It serves both regional travel and trips within neighbourhoods. Most parts of the route are separated from traffic and accessible, allowing people of all ages to walk, cycle and connect to transit along a scenic, direct and comfortable route. The Greenway connects a number of neighbourhoods to major employment centres, including 2 Town Centres, and to regional transit services including 10 SkyTrain stations and 23 bus routes, as well as 16 bike routes, and 11 greenways across the region.
It also links some of the region’s most popular recreational destinations, such as Burnaby Lake Regional Park, New Westminster Quay, and Vancouver’s Stanley Park, and the Seawall and Olympic Village at False Creek. In Vancouver, Phase 2 was developed in 3 sections.
The primary goal of the Greenway is to provide facilities that encourage people between the ages of 8 and 80 to walk and cycle. The Greenway provides places where people can socialize and enjoy nature in the city. It includes public art, a range of comfortable seating areas, pedestrian scaled lighting, green space and separation between cyclists and pedestrians where ever possible.
Phase 2 was developed through a partnership between the three municipalities and TransLink, the South Coast British Columbia Transportation Authority. Funding for this joint venture was provided by the City of Vancouver, the Province, TransLink and Transport Canada as part of the Federal Government's Urban Transportation Showcase Program. The goal of the program was to increase walking and cycling, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve connections to transit, community amenities and other greenways and bikeways. The Greenway is a good example of many levels of government working together to develop an important regional resource.
Comox-Helmcken, which is Phase 3, will connect False Creek to Stanley Park.
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