Two-way traffic allowed again on Assiniboine
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This article was published 06/11/2010 (5827 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Construction crews returned to Assiniboine Avenue Friday to allow two-way traffic to return to a contentious block of the downtown street.
At the end of August, six businesses located near the Midtown Bridge complained to the city about changes to the flow of traffic in the Broadway-Assiniboine neighbourhood as a result of the Assiniboine Bikeway, a $125,000 project that’s one of 35 new bike-and-pedestrian amenities planned for Winnipeg this year.
In September, the businesses filed a lawsuit to halt construction on the bikeway. One of their main complaints involved the flow of traffic on a single block of Assiniboine, between Hargrave Street and Navy Way. The original bikeway plan called for two-way traffic to flow under the Midtown Bridge, but a tweak to the plan earlier this year resulted in one-way, westbound traffic beneath the bridge.
On Oct. 8, Fort Rouge Coun. Jenny Gerbasi announced the city plans to revert to the original plan for the contentious block. A letter dated Oct. 25 finally confirmed the change.
“As a result of ongoing discussions with area stakeholders, a need has arisen to further revise the planned traffic flow changes subsequent to the letter that we distributed in your neighbourhood in July,” project manager Bill Woroby said in the letter. “These revisions will permit access and egress to and from properties between the Midtown Bridge and Navy Way for the variety of vehicles that currently use that section of Assiniboine Avenue.”
In October, Gerbasi hoped the move would satisfy the businesses. But they have vowed to continue their legal action.
– Staff