[At-network] WFP: 'Open Streets' to be further explored (Oct2'20)

‘OPEN STREETS’ TO BE

FURTHER EXPLORED

THE City of Winnipeg could soon prioritize seasonal pedestrian and cyclist access on parts of a dozen streets every year.

Council unanimously approved a motion late Wednesday to have its public service study whether to continue 10 sections of “open streets” that the city tested out this year.

A report is expected around November.

Coun. Matt Allard, chair of the public works committee, hopes to make the active transportation routes permanent, seven days a week between the May long and Thanksgiving weekend.

The streets would limit vehicle traffic to one block from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.