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From bikes lanes to freedom rallies, plenty of ground was covered during Monday’s city council meeting …
COUNCIL SWITCHES PLANS FOR PROPOSED VICTORIA AVE. BIKEWAY
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Residents opposed to a proposal for bike lanes on Victoria Avenue between Eighth Street and Taylor Street swayed enough votes on council to get a different option moved forward.
Council’s transportation committee had recommended a bidirectional lane along the west side of the affected blocks. That plan would have taken on-street parking from a number of homes along the route, prompting pushback from several residents.
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Waiting for a solution to the issue of rail delays in Saskatoon feels like being a motorist paused at a railway crossing for a train so long you can’t see the end.
Luckily, we have lots of entertainment to pass the time.
During the fall election campaign, former mayor Don Atchison resuscitated the pitch from his unsuccessful 2016 bid that rail relocation could be achieved by Saskatoon city hall.
He added a ridiculous twist this time by claiming that only his personal magnetism could convince Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. to spend close to $600 million to move train tracks outside the city.