Ottawa city councillors voted in favour of reopening Wellington Street to vehicles. The street was closed in front of Parliament Hill following the three-week convoy protest last winter.
City councillors voted to take down the concrete barricades "as soon as is operationally feasible" but no sooner than March 1. Capital Coun. Shawn Menard and Gloucester-Southgate Coun. Jessica Bradley dissented.
It will take four to eight weeks to get traffic signals installed, Landry said. Conversations with emergency services, including police, may also affect the reopening date, he added. Adding a bike lane will reduce the amount of space for motorized vehicles on Wellington, which is six lanes wide in some places, said Coun. Tim Tierney who chairs the city's transportation committee.As part of the city's plan to reopen Wellington Street this year, bike lanes will be added to the downtown street.Mayor Mark Sutcliffe called the decision to reopen the street a "short-term plan" while a grander vision for Wellington Street is worked out with federal partners.
Today's council vote "showed that there is significant alignment on the long-term potential of this space," he wrote.
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