A new pedestrian bridge and shared-use pathway will expand active transportation in Alberta with an investment of more than $1.7 million from the federal government.
A shared-use path is being built on the west side of Starkey Road from Sturgeon Road to the existing Bellerose River Walk in Sturgeon County. Starkey Road is a central corridor between Sturgeon Road and Bellerose Drive and serves as a main commuting route through the Sturgeon Valley. With connections to the Lower Viscount Estates and Bristol Oaks neighbourhoods, the route will have just over a kilometre of path for travel and will include new lighting, signage, and naturalized landscaping. The new pedestrian bridge will cross the Sturgeon River west of the existing vehicle bridge, and will provide direct access to a new pathway in Bellerose Park on the north.
This project was identified as one of the priority active transportation network routes proposed in the Sturgeon Valley Trails System: The Path Forward report in December 2021.
