{"id":685,"date":"2014-12-31T13:14:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-31T21:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qa.engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/?post_type=impact&#038;p=685"},"modified":"2023-03-09T08:40:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T16:40:52","slug":"bc-on-the-move-results","status":"publish","type":"engagement","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/bc-on-the-move-results\/","title":{"rendered":"BC on the Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">BC on the Move<\/h1>\n\n<h2><strong>Engagement Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In the fall of 2014, the B.C. Government held a public consultation to gather input for the development of&nbsp;British Columbia&#8217;s transportation goals.&nbsp;Input gathered from an online survey, email submissions, a Twitter Townhall and through regional&nbsp;stakeholder meetings. The plan is now posted&nbsp;and has&nbsp;set out a series of short, medium and longer-term priorities for government.<br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Timeframe:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>  October 14 &#8211; December 12, 2014<br>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Input Received:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>12,661 surveys received<\/li>\n<li>825 email additional submissions were received<\/li>\n<li>559 people attended engagement meetings<\/li>\n<li>181 people participated in a Twitter Town Hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Input leads to action:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>95% of respondents said keeping highways, bridges and side roads in good condition was top priority.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Province is resurfacing 1,000 kilometres of provincial highway annually, increasing its investment in bridge rehabilitation funding by 50% over previous years, and delivering up to 30 projects each year that will improve over 500 kilometres of side roads annually.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>73% said the Province should expand highway capacity and upgrade key highways and bridges to facilitate heavy hauling.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Government has budgeted almost $1 billion over the next three years to ensure our transportation network has the capacity and reliability to meet the transport and trade needs of the province. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>72% said enhancing cycling infrastructure and improving transportation choices were important.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Priorities for action include allocating a budget of $18 million over the first three years of the transportation plan to partner with communities to build new bike lanes and trails across B.C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>70% said the Province should support regional and small community airports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>B.C. has committed to invest $24 million over the first three years of the transportation plan in the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.gov.bc.ca\/gov\/content\/transportation\/funding-engagement-permits\/funding-grants\/airport-infrastructure-funding\">B.C. Air Access Program<\/a>, so that community airports can access funding to improve infrastructure like runways, terminals and lighting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","engagement_category":[307],"engagement_region":[192],"engagement_status":[207],"engagement_pin_group":[],"class_list":["post-685","engagement","type-engagement","status-publish","hentry","engagement_category-transportation","engagement_region-province-wide","engagement_status-closed-with-results"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"pinned_engagement_toggle":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement\/685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/engagement"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement\/685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59892,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement\/685\/revisions\/59892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"engagement_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_category?post=685"},{"taxonomy":"engagement_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_region?post=685"},{"taxonomy":"engagement_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_status?post=685"},{"taxonomy":"engagement_pin_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/engagement_pin_group?post=685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}