Parks Canada puts brakes on Icefields Parkway bike trail in Alberta
Parks Canada says it won’t go ahead with a controversial plan to build a bike trail along the scenic Icefields Parkway between Banff and Jasper National Parks.
The agency had budgeted about $66 million to build the 107-kilometre route, along with other facilities such as parking lots, campsites and washrooms.
It says that money will now be spent elsewhere in the national park system.
The highway is considered a classic cycling tour, but riders are restricted to its narrow shoulder.