The Province of BC will fund the expansion of Four Lakes Trail parking lot at Alice Lake Province Park.
The province also plans to install universally accessible pit toilets, along with a communal bear-safe food storage locker to service the 12 campsites for tenting.
BC is also doing upgrades at the Porteau Cove Provincial Park to improve potable water quality.
The boat launch, campsites and day-use area will also be enhances to protect facilities from shoreline erosion.
The upgrades are part of a $5 million infrastructure projects in 24 provincial parks, including Alice Lake, Porteau Cove, Pinecone Burke Park, and several other parks in the Lower Mainland, Sea-to-Sky and Sunshine Coast.
At Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, north of Coquitlam, investments will be made to the park’s backcountry campsites, which includes up to five new sites.
Improvements are also being made to hiking and mountain biking trails.
In addition, more than 45 provincial parks in the Lower Mainland, Sea-to-Sky and Sunshine Coast areas will have upgrades to bear-proof recycling and waste bins to better protect wildlife, province said.
Other infrastructure projects throughout the province include upgrades to water systems, parking lots, multi-use trails, campground facilities, backcountry facilities and accessibility improvements. Electric vehicle charging stations will also be added to some day-use areas in northwest B.C.
The projects are scheduled for completion in the spring.
The announcement is part of B.C.’s $10-billion COVID-19 response, which includes StrongerBC, a plan that protects people’s health and livelihoods while supporting businesses and communities.
