The Traboulay Port Coquitlam Trail has come full circle, as has the relationship between Port Coquitlam and the Kwikwetlem First Nation.
A portion of the 25-kilometre loop has been inaccessible since 2004, when the Kwikwetlem band closed off a dike through its reserve.
This six-year closure prevented public access to a 1.5-kilometre section of the trail, as well as access by Port Coquitlam city crews to maintain the dike.
But the gateway reopened at Port Coquitlams Monday night's council meeting when Chief Ron Giesbrecht and Mayor Greg Moore signed a three-year agreement to once again allow dike access, maintenance and repair.
The public can now travel the complete trail, located south of Pitt River Road, except for occasional closures for Kwikwetlem funerals or ceremonies.
Port Coquitllam City staff can also maintain the dike through the reserve, at an estimated cost of $1,743 per year. The city will provide signs at both ends of the reserve to acknowledge Kwikwetlem lands, and install two interpretive signs along the way.
The city of Port Coquitlam will also provide two picnic benches near the trail's beaver pond, and will promote the Kwikwetlem's tour and bike rental business in its spring parks and rec brochure.
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Doug & Sean
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