‘Campus greenway’ envisioned for UVic; design takes cue from nature, Indigenous history – Times Colonist
January 9, 2020
Pedestrians and cyclists will share a wider pathway through the University of Victoria campus that’s inspired by nature and Indigenous history under a newly completed design plan.
Planners at the university have set out design guidelines that include visions for a “campus greenway.”
It will be a pathway, wide enough to separate cyclists from pedestrians, stretching 1.3 kilometres from Gordon Head Road near Midgard Place in the west straight across campus to Sinclair Road in the east.
The UVic Campus Greenway Landscape Plan and Design Guidelines was completed after several years of public feedback and workshop-style consultations.
“One of the big urban design ideas that came out was this idea of a campus greenway to create this walk-able and bike-able connection from Gordon Head Road to Sinclair,” said Mike Wilson, UVic director of campus planning and sustainability.
