About the Project

The Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) is planning for an extension of the Almon Street bikeway to create a safe, comfortable, and convenient connection between Agricola Street and Isleville Street for active transportation users.

The goals of this project are to update the connection between Agricola Street and Isleville Street to an All Ages and Abilities (AAA) design, and receive community feedback to inform route, design and final recommendations to Regional Council.

The intention is to design an alternative to the signage and green and white "sharrow" pavement markings which are currently used on Almon Street (east of Agricola Street). This signage and markings indicate a shared travel lane for people cycling, scootering, and driving. The current design does not meet AAA standards because the street carries a high volume of vehicle traffic, which is inconsistent with guidelines for streets intended to be safely shared by bikes, scooters, and vehicles.

Community engagement is launching on January 26, 2026, and will close February 23, 2026. After reviewing the concept options, you can complete the online survey and/or provide location specific comments on the interactive map, both are posted at the bottom of this page. There will also be two drop-in engagement events hosted in February 2026, with details provided in the column to the right.


Project Background

Almon Street has been identified in the Active Transportation Priorities Plan as a desired connection for walking, rolling, and cycling, and is a priority connection in the Integrated Mobility Plan as part of HRM’s All Ages and Abilities (AAA) Bicycle Network. Extending the bikeway will fill a gap in the active transportation network by connecting the recently completed Almon Street protected bikeways (which terminate at Agricola Street) to the Isleville Street local street bikeway.

You can read more about previous work on Almon Street here: Almon Street Bike, and previous work on Isleville Street here: Isleville Intersection Upgrades and North End and West End AAA Bikeways, and current work on Northwood Terrace and Fuller Terrace here: North End Complete Streets Phase 2.


Concept Options

Two concept design options have been developed for community feedback. These options include potential changes to the following street segments in the project area:

  • Almon Street (from Agricola to Isleville Streets)
  • Agricola Street (from Almon to Bloomfield Streets)
  • Bloomfield Street (from Agricola Street to Northwood Terrace)

Additional sketches illustrating other alternatives explored during the design process are also provided. These sketches look at the street segments listed above, plus Almon Street (from Isleville to Gottingen Streets), Agricola Street (from Almon to Bilby Streets) and Bilby Street (from Agricola to Isleville Streets).

Maps showing the concept option routes are below, while more detailed concept option designs and consultation boards (with the alternative routes explored) can be found in the column to the right.

An image of a map showing the project area and proposed route and infrastructure for concept option 1.

Concept Option 1 includes:

  • A protected, uni-directional (one way) bikeway westbound on Almon Street
  • A protected, uni-directional (one way) bikeway southbound on Agricola Street
  • A local street bikeway, where people cycling, scootering, and driving share the road, eastbound on Bloomfield Street

Note: "Suggested bikeways to be designed for all ages and abilities" are streets that have been identified in the Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP) and Active Transportation Priorities Plan (ATPP) but have yet to be constructed and designated as bikeways for all ages and abilities.

An image of a map showing the project area and proposed route and infrastructure for concept option 2.

Concept Option 2 includes:

  • A protected, bi-directional (two way) bikeway on Agricola Street
  • A local street bikeway, where people cycling, scootering, and driving share the road, on Bloomfield Street

Note: "Suggested bikeways to be designed for all ages and abilities" are streets that have been identified in the Integrated Mobility Plan (IMP) and Active Transportation Priorities Plan (ATPP) but have yet to be constructed and designated as bikeways for all ages and abilities.

Examples of Proposed Infrastructure

From left to right, figure 1 is an example of a protected unidirectional (one way) bikeway (Devonshire Avenue, Halifax); figure 2 is an example of a protected bidirectional (two way) bikeway (Gottingen Street, Halifax); and figure 3 is an example of a local street bikeway (Vernon Street, Halifax).
Figure 1: Protected uni-directional (one way) bikeway (Devonshire Avenue, Halifax)
Figure 2: Protected bi-directional (two way) bikeway (Gottingen Street, Halifax)
Figure 3: Local street bikeway (Vernon Street, Halifax)