Cycling in Waterloo Region

[danbrotherston]

Gaukel is officially 100% closed to cars will never reopen (or at least would take an act of council to reverse their decision) 

For Queen, I don't know what the implementation will be but the cycle tracks will continue on Queen so I expect there will be some good consideration for cyclists there.

Thanks, good to hear. So does that mean there is a bylaw which closes the street? Or how does that work? In any case it sounds like it’s not just an extended construction closure.

To be honest, I'm not sure of the specific implementation but Council approved the staff direction to close the road and convert to a plaza. They can't reverse it without a 2/3rd majority (although the maybe the next council could...I'm not totally clear on the rules) and the hardscaping is already done at Joseph (they city does not use continuous sidewalks--which is its own issue)