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Times when staff didn't follow best practices or local policies for new infra
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10-21-2020, 03:04 PM (This post was last modified: 10-21-2020, 03:05 PM by danbrotherston.)
(10-21-2020, 02:18 PM)Acitta Wrote: They rebuilt Highland Rd. from Patricia to Westmount and didn't put in bike lanes even though there are bike lanes on Highland starting at Westmount. This bugs me because it is a major shopping destination.

Yeah, this was an incredibly bad choice, but not unusual for the region.

The city also rebuilt Belmont Rd. with no consideration of reducing or repurposing the 4 lanes that only existed as a result of 1960's planning for it to be a continuation of Homer-Watson.  As a result the current pilot project is a retrofit.

These are more generally planning failures, than specific failure to follow design guidelines and best practices for active transportation.
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RE: Times when staff didn't follow best practices or local policies for new infra - by danbrotherston - 10-21-2020, 03:04 PM

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