Bylaw to enforce closures

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CITY hall hopes to have a bylaw in place to allow police to enforce Sunday street closures along bike routes.

It turns out the prohibition of driving vehicles on Sundays on Wellington Crescent, Scotia Street, Wolseley Avenue and Lyndale Drive couldn't be enforced.

"There was a challenge at some point that motivated our people to get this done," public works committee chairman Justin Swandel said. "There was a technicality that didn't actually allow it to be enforced."

The public works committee instructed civic administration to draft a bylaw and get approval for proper signs to be posted along the street routes. The new bylaw will allow motorists to travel a distance of one block on the bike routes on Sundays. Motorists travelling farther will be ticketed, once the bylaw is passed.

The committee was told posted signs will replace most of the barricades, which will result in a savings.

The signs have to be designed and approved by the Highway Traffic Board before they can be erected and the new bylaw goes into force.

Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition November 20, 2013 B2