A Halifax municipal councillor is floating the idea of a bridge toll for cyclists, suggesting it's time for those who pedal to start help paying for all the bicycle infrastructure being added in the city.

David Hendsbee, councillor for Preston-Chezzetcook-Eastern Shore, says the municipality gets no funding from the cycling community for projects such as the plan to improve access to the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge bikeway.

Council voted unanimously Tuesday to move ahead with amended recommendations to upgrade the approach for cyclists on both sides of the bridge.

During the meeting Hendsbee suggested it was time the city start eyeing bold new revenue sources.

"I've talked in the past about bicycle registrations, bicycle licences or a bicycle tax," Hensbee said in an interview. "Should the bridge commission consider implementing a bicycle toll?"

Hendsbee says it costs a lot of money to build bicycle infrastructure and maybe the city should look to cyclists to help pay for the improvements.

Two design options are being considered to improve access to the Macdonald bridge on the Halifax side.

In the first, a bikeway would be extended to Gottingen Street, then a ramp built to connect it to Lorne Terrace. The cost of that would be $2 million. The second option would connect the bikeway to North Street and cost $2.7 million.

For Dartmouth, council is again looking at two proposals. The first would connect the bikeway to downtown Dartmouth. The second option provides a route to the Sportsplex and Dartmouth Common.

Exact cost estimates and a detailed plan is not expected to go to council until next year, with construction due to begin in spring 2017.

As for a bridge toll for cyclists, Hendsbee says it would be easy to do.

"It wouldn't be too hard to put a MACPASS on a bike helmet," he said.