Revelstoke budgets $675K to improve tourism instructure

Revelstoke City Council has approved an allocation for 10 tourism infrastructure projects worth a total of $675,503. The 10 projects include:

• $20,000 towards reclamation and landscaping of the new Boulder Mountain Cabin opened by the snowmobile club this winter;
• $96,181 to pay for the new Mountain Revelstoke Gateway feature on city-owned land at the base of the old road up the mountain just behind the railway museum;
• $289,141 for signage and bike lanes through town connecting Revelstoke Mountain Resort to the trails at Mount Macpherson, the family trails at Mount Macpherson and the Illecillewaet Pedestrian Bridge in the Greenbelt;
• $15,000 to construct two short trail links off the Mickey Olson Ski Trail to create new one- and two-kilometre loops allowing the Nordic Ski Club to host regional and provincial races at Mount Macpherson. The club has already raised $100,000 to pay for this project;
• $40,000 for a Snowmobile Welcome Centre at the Boulder Mountain snowmobile area off Westside Road;
• $30,181 in landscaping for the area along the Trans-Canada Highway in front of the Canyon and Sandman Hotels; and
• $105,000 to upgrade the irrigation system at the Golf Club.