New Street on its way back to becoming the road it once was.

News 100 yellowBy Pepper Parr

April 5, 2018

BURLINGTON, ON

 

Work has begun to resurface New Street from Guelph to Walkers after pilot

Following the end of the New Street pilot project, work to resurface New Street from Guelph Line to Walkers Line is now underway and will be finished in mid-May.

New street - being rebuilt

It was an idea that should never have gone forward – public by-in and acceptance was just never there. The cycling community hasn’t convinced the average driver that the roads need to be shared.

In 2016, the City of Burlington began a one-year pilot on a section of New Street between Walkers Line and Guelph Line, reducing the number of lanes from four to three with buffered bike lanes.

In December 2017, City Council approved a staff report to convert the existing bike lane pilot project on New Street between Guelph Line and Walkers Line back to the original four-lane configuration.

As part of the staff report about the pilot, City Council approved a recommendation to add cycle tracks on New Street between Guelph Line and Burloak Drive for consideration in the 2019 capital budget, subject to receiving provincial and/or federal government funding. Cycle tracks are physically separated from vehicle lanes, most commonly by the curb.

Quick Facts

• Prior to the resurfacing, work to repair a significant storm sewer failure east of Guelph Line will be completed.
• The total time estimated for the repair work and resurfacing is about eight weeks.
• There is no cost to revert New Street to four lanes. The stretch of New Street between Guelph Line and Walkers Line was scheduled to be resurfaced in 2017 as part of the city’s capital budget.

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The survey will close on April 6th – takes two minutes to complete. Totally anonymous.

The no brainer position:

Let this one go.  It was a mistake from the get go – because there was not the buy-in from the general public that was needed and council ended up with egg on its face.

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5 comments to New Street on its way back to becoming the road it once was.

  • KJ

    Sorry, not sorry Chris.

  • Penny

    Perry,

    Unfortunately the City does not learn from its mistakes. Yes this road diet will disappear, but bicycle lanes continue to be added to roads that really cannot accommodate them properly. Doing this is dangerous to both the cyclist and the motorist.

    As for the Official Plan – I would have to think it is full steam ahead…..unfortunately it isn’t as easy to correct as repaving a road.

  • Perry Bowker

    Give the city a break on this one. Try something, see it doesn’t work, admit a mistake and stop. Good. Wish they would do the same on the Official Plan

  • steve

    Egg on their faces because they’re obviously oblivious to what the people want.

  • Penny

    Has anyone travelled recently along New Street from Teen Tour Band Way to Martha Street? The new bicycle lanes make the car lane extremely narrow. It is simply a matter of time until an accident happens, hopefully not one that will result in a fatality. Making bicycle lanes without widening streets is definitely not the answer.