View of Hammond Bay Rd. at McGuffie Rd. looking toward Shores Dr. where a new three-metre wide walking and cycling path will replace the sidewalk. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)

By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

New trail

Construction nears on Hammond Bay Rd. trail as part of treatment plant upgrade

Jun 26, 2020 | 5:41 AM

NANAIMO — A new trail will be built over the next several months alongside the pollution control centre on Hammond Bay Rd.

Regional District of Nanaimo directors approved the $684,000 initiative this week. The trail will feature a three-metre wide walking and biking path offset from Hammond Bay Rd. between McGuffie Rd. and Shores Dr.

The existing sidewalk will be removed and replaced with the path to include a treed boulevard, according to an RDN staff report.

Native plants will go in and invasive species removed beside the new trail to enhance the quality within the Walley Creek riparian area.

A new bus pullout is included in the project, which will reduce congestion on Hammond Bay Rd., the report said.

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Installing the trail is a condition from the City of Nanaimo in issuing permits for the nearly completed Greater Nanaimo Pollution Control Centre secondary treatment facility.

Project engineer James Haddou told NanaimoNewsNOW the trail is expected to be built in the summer and fall.

An existing trail off the end of Shores Dr. at the back side of Hammond Bay Elementary School leads to a network of paths in Neck Point Park.

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