BARRIE, ONT. Motorists in the City of Barrie will have to pack their patience with multiple construction projects planned for this summer.
Anne Street Bridge The Ministry of Transportation is replacing the Anne Street bridge over Highway 400. Crews will demo the bridge and replace it with a larger structure to improve traffic flow and widen sidewalks for pedestrians. The ministry plans to improve the intersections at Anne and Edgehill and Anne and Donald streets. Edgehill Drive to Donald Street will be closed for the construction that is expected to be done in fall 2022. Traffic will be rerouted during this time, and transit routes 5 and 8 will be modified. The city and ministry will offer a free pedestrian shuttle with stops on either side of the bridge.
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The Minot City Council has approved a five-year Capital Improvement Plan that includes more than $335 million in projects but no Anne Street Pedestrian Bridge renovation.
The council stripped out the $1.9 million bridge project before adopting the plan Monday. The plan will serve as a guide in considering major spending, including the flood control project, from 2021 through 2025.
Josh Wolsky, interim director for the Downtown Business & Professional Association, offered the association’s support for the bridge project.
“We’ve done a number of planning exercises throughout this community over the last many years, and they all speak to issues like connectivity, transportation alternatives that encourage walking and biking, and people-centric locations that create spaces for people as opposed to prioritizing automobiles. They speak to making the river a central point of our community, and in all of these areas, the Anne Street Bridge is an asset,�
Demolition begins on Hull s legendary Heaven and Hell nightclub
The building has stood derelict for over a decade
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Demolition work on Hull’s derelict Heaven and Hell nightclub has begun.
Scaffolding has been erected around the site as workmen look set to take down the building which has stood empty for over a decade.
BARRIE, ONT. Motorists will be forced to adapt to a road closure for well over a year as city council is planning to replace the Anne Street bridge. At Monday s city council meeting, councillors will discuss the replacement project of the bridge, which is expected to begin in June. As a result, Anne Street will be closed between Edgehill Drive and Donald Street. The project is scheduled to be completed in November 2022.
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