CURRENT PROGRESS
Funding Progress:
$6.8 Million
$3.5 Million
Construction Schedule:
Milestones:
August 8, 2024
The MPE Link Pathway Celebrated the Grand Opening of Phase 1!
July 3, 2024
Phase 1 has been paved.
May 27, 2024
Excavation of Phase 1 began.
May 20, 2024
Link recieves $8,000 from Coaldale Community Fund.
May 17, 2024
Trans Canada Trail awards Link Pathway $8,500 for signs.
May 17, 2024
Trans Canada Trail awards $25,000 to Link Pathway for the Pedestrian Underpass.
March 12, 2024
Link Pathway awarded $1,000,000 grant from the Government of Alberta.
February 6, 2024
Link receives $30,000 Donation from Corteva Agriscience for Bridge and Agriculture Education.
December 6, 2023
Community Foundation grants the Link Pathway $15,000.
October 27, 2023
Trans Canada Trail gives $75,000 for the Link Pathway.
October 20, 2023
The Link Pathway officially becomes part of the Trans Canada Trail.
July 13, 2023
Link Pathway becomes the MPE Link Pathway after significant donation.
July 5, 2023
McCain Foods donates $200,000 to Link Pathway.
May 17, 2023
Link Pathway hosts groundbreaking ceremony and construction begins!
April 3, 2023
Link Pathway holds a contest for Lethbridge College students to design the concept for the Grand Pavilion.
March 25, 2023
Coaldale Community Wellness Association gives $50,000.
September 16, 2022
Link Pathway hosts a series of community outreach initiatives to find the route with the highest acceptance rate.
March 17, 2022
Link Pathway gets final approval from Lethbridge County for the route.
May 13, 2021
Community Foundation awards the Link Pathway $12,000.
March 29, 2021
Cor Van Raay donated $250,000 for the grand pavilion.
November 6, 2018
Lethbridge County endorses the project with a $150,000 donation.
July 31, 2017
The first partners and donors came together to kickstart fundraising.
June 15, 2017
The Link Pathway Committee was founded and registered as a nonprofit in Alberta.
December 15, 2016
Alvin Fritz Architect presents the Link Pathway concept for the first time.
February 14, 2016
The vision of a bike path connecting Lethbridge and Coaldale was conceived.