ICF director says conversion from rails to trails ‘in consideration’
NANAIMO — The head of the Island Corridor Foundation (ICF) is not derailing the concept of converting portions of the rail line to a multi-use trail.
ICF executive director Graham Bruce said the idea put forward by community group Friends of Rails to Trails Vancouver Island (FORTVI) couldn’t have come at a better time, with the stewards of the E&N rail line currently in the middle of a business plan review and revision.
Bruce said the ICF has received a lot of comments supporting the conversion to a trail and it’s something that will be “in consideration” when the board sits down to make some decisions this summer.
“There’s great support for trails and rail with trails and there’s also practical issues that have to be dealt with,” Bruce told NanaimoNewsNOW. “Maybe it comes out in phases. Maybe you do this part in a phase for rail and maybe this other part you leave for greater consultation as to whether it should be rail or should only be trail.”