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The price tag to design and build permanent protected bike lanes downtown is estimated at $4.6 million in a new City of Saskatoon report.

The cost is included in a report that will be considered by city council’s transportation committee Monday on implementing the city’s active transportation plan.

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The $4.6 million is included in proposed spending of $10.28 million to expand the city’s cycling network over 11 years, starting in 2020.

Under the proposal, it would cost $300,000 next year to design permanent downtown bike lanes and $2.15 million in both 2021 and 2022 to build the lanes on three downtown streets.

“Providing a complete and interconnected network of bicycle facilities throughout Saskatoon is critical to supporting and encouraging more cycling,” the report says.

That cost includes stretches on 19th Street, 23rd Street and Third Avenue, although the report notes the lanes on Third are subject to approval by city council.