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A one-kilometre section of the Lachine Canal bike path will be regularly cleared of snow as part of a pilot project by the City of Montreal and Parks Canada to support winter cycling.

The section, which runs between Smith and Richmond Sts. on the north side of the Canal, would connect two other axes of the city’s four-season bike network.

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Sud-Ouest Borough Mayor Benoît Dorais said the maintenance of the path done by the borough would resemble the way parks are maintained by the City of Montreal, without the use of salt, but relying on sand and gravel instead.

Montreal has some 400 kilometres of bike paths that are cleared of snow in the winter.