I would agree that an early start offers a lot of advantages and not much
in the way of risk. This is not a 'rocket science' project. There is a
rather tiny area of land to work on and the initial goals are pretty
straightforward. This project, as a whole, is more than obvious and the
sooner we can display concrete (pardon the term) results the better. It
does sort of dovetail with the renovations at city hall.
I like the idea separated bike infrastructure is good as it would ensure
separation of cyclists and pedestrians. Gaukel is not particularly useful
as a traffic street as it is but bike lanes would provide a safe entry and
exit to and from the park. Actually avoiding Queen street would be a good
reason in itself. They should be a part of the temporary pilot design as
well, it should be as much like the final product as possible.
Bruce Timmins.
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 2:22 PM Sam Nabi <sam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'd like to start a discussion about our desired timing for the 3 phases
we discussed in Friday's meeting:
Phase 1: King St. to Hall's Lane
Phase 2: Hall's Lane to Charles
Phase 3: Charles to Joseph
There is a possibility, if we move quick enough and council is very
supportive, of having Phase 1 implemented as a pilot project for this
summer 2019.
The benefit of such a quick timing would be keeping the Gaukel greenway
idea in peoples' minds, and providing an alternate gathering space when
Carl Zehr square goes under construction this summer.
The risk is that such a pilot project would be seen as premature, since
there will not be time for staff to make a report to council. There is also
no budget currently set aside. And if it doesn't get implemented well, it
could hurt our chances at getting approval for the rest of the greenway.
Currently, I'm thinking there are more benefits than risks to pushing for
Phase 1 this summer.
What do you think?
(I will start a separate thread to talk about design considerations)
Sam Nabi
sam@xxxxxxxxxxx
226-988-4137
