Parks Canada puts brakes on Icefields Parkway bike trail in Alberta
Parks Canada says it won’t go ahead with a plan to build a bike trail along the scenic Icefields Parkway that runs through Banff and Jasper national parks.
The federal agency had budgeted about $66 million for the 107-kilometre cycling route from the Jasper townsite to the Columbia Icefields that could eventually extend all the way to the Banff townsite.
“Ecological integrity is a primary focus for Parks Canada in the management of our national parks,” said Jason Bouzanis, director of communications for Parks Canada Wednesday.