Walking in Waterloo Region

[bravado]

When you think Victoria St can't get more unpleasant to walk.

It frustrates me that we have 0 effort into pedestrian signage and detours. Between regular maintenance and all of the new developments, I run into situations like this weekly. I can personally deal with it, annoyed, but many people can't. Imagine if we closed roads with no warning, and no signed alternative.

I think the construction at The Bow showed a reasonable alternative by closing one of the excessive lanes and putting up jersey barriers to turn the lane into a pedestrian detour.

How is this not an AODA violation? The sidewalk is completely impassible for anybody in a wheelchair, and I wouldn’t really want to try it in crutches or with a walker either. I think at this location the curb lane could be used as you suggest for a temporary sidewalk.

Take away 1 of 4 lanes of traffic? Are you mad? What if 4 ambulances needed to get by at once?