*AT highlights & lowlights from 2017 budget:*
- Invests $13.5 million in active transportation, including $3.6 million for new, buffered bike lanes along Pembina Highway, over $2.8 million for bicycle corridors, $1.6 million for protected bikes lanes along Empress Street and an investment of $1 million in the Transcona Trail walkway
- $4.3 million toward Tache Promenade, a pedestrian promenade along the Red River in St. Boniface between the Provencher and Norwood bridges
- No money allocated for opening Portage and Main to pedestrians
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/bowman-unveils-city- budgets-this-afternoon-402473505.html