02-18-2015, 02:54 PM
(02-18-2015, 02:08 PM)nms Wrote: Record article today about possible re-routing of the Oktoberfest and Santa Claus parades as well as the (likely permanent) moving of the Buskers Festival. It will be interesting to see how the Buskers adapt. I can't see the BIA wanting to move it too far away.I don't see anything in that article about the Busker move being possibly permanent. The parade organizers were talking about that possibility in their planning for the Weber diversion.
As for the Weber underpass, if the floats have been able to get under the traffic lights on King, then they can get under the underpass.
Buskerfest is almost certainly able to co-exist with LRT tracks, though it may require political pressure to make sure it happens. As for Oktoberfest's Benton tent, with the new configuration of Benton (an island LRT platform in the middle of the street), there won't really be the same kind of space for a big tent. They could maybe move it on to Duke St.