“Corridor sanitaire” set up along Mont-Royal
A “corridor sanitaire” will be put in along Mont-Royal Avenue between Park Avenue and Fullum, borrowing lanes from the road to make the sidewalk safely wider for pedestrians.
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Joey 13:50 on 2020-04-09 Permalink
I’ve seen this announcement floating around (the PM gang were keen to share on FB, etc.) – don’t think I’ve heard of a start date. Any idea when this is expected to come into being?
Kate 15:33 on 2020-04-09 Permalink
Not seeing any start date yet, Joey. The Journal article is also all in future tense verbs but nothing definite on time.
Tim S. 18:02 on 2020-04-09 Permalink
I’ve noticed something similar on the east-west streets in Westmount. I first I though they were marking out where they were going to put bike lanes but it makes more sense that it’s an improvised wider sidewalk.
(I call them east-west streets, but that’s only Montreal Island geography – a compass might tell you they’re NNE-SSW)
Kate 19:44 on 2020-04-09 Permalink
Westmount is also trying to get people to walk in the same direction as traffic to avoid having pedestrians pass each other.
JP 22:51 on 2020-04-09 Permalink
I have mixed feelings about walking in the same direction as traffic. Maybe on dense, commercial streets this might work well. I hope they wouldn’t implement this on residential or mostly residential streets.
I understand that these are out-of-the-ordinary times, but I have reasons for walking on certain sides of the street or crossing over, for example if someone near me is smoking or someone’s walking a large dog close by.
Kate 08:43 on 2020-04-10 Permalink
JP, I know exactly what you mean. Besides, just as practically, there may be stores on the “wrong” side of the street that you need to visit, or it’s a chilly day and you want to be in the sun, but it’s also shining on the “wrong” side.
Joey 14:30 on 2020-04-10 Permalink
They’ve started setting up barricades on Mont-Royal.