For years 76 Avenue has been a major east/west route connecting the Ritchie and King Edward Park neighbourhoods. Part of the route includes crossing the Mill Creek Ravine which it currently does with the roadway built on top a culvert. The city’s initial plan was to perform maintenance on the culvert and repair the roadway sometime in the future but that may change.

The city has planned to replace the nearby Mill Creek Ravine trestle bridge and the culvert on 76 Avenue which are included in the 2023-2026 capital budget. After further review the city is considering removing the culvert and building a bridge for vehicular traffic on 76 Avenue instead.

Cheryl Villetard of Paths for People has proposed that the city consider a BOLD idea which is to close the Millcreek portion of 76 Avenue to vehicles, reroute the creek back to ground level and renaturalize the area. Villetard said Paths for People will continue to advocate for the proposal before the city’s work on the trestle bridge begins.