Saanich taxpayers learned last week that the province will not contribute towards plans to improve the cycling infrastructure along McKenzie Avenue, a major thoroughfare for local cyclists in need of upgrades.

Plans approved last November commit Saanich to building an eastbound, single-direction cycling track and a concrete sidewalk on the south side of McKenzie Avenue between Cedar Hill Road and Shelbourne Street as part of a larger effort to connect the McKenzie corridor with the Lochside Trail.