More one-way streets in Halifax
Posted Sep 9, 2011 04:23:44 AM.
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Motorists will encounter big changes in the downtown core starting Sept. 18 when the city starts redesignating some streets as one-way only.
Under HRM by Design Halifax Regional Municipality will be moving parking meters, adding bike lanes and changing street signs in an effort to make traffic flow more easily.
“It’s a project to try to rationalize the flow on our downtown streets,” Dave McCusker told the Rick Howe Show, Thursday. “A lot of them are one-way streets right now, but the pattern isn’t really very consistent or particularly effective in some cases.”
The City describes downtown Halifax as having narrow streets in a tight grid pattern, currently a mix of one-way and two-way traffic flow.
Currently Prince Street is one way westbound and Hollis Street is one way southbound, but there are no corresponding streets to take traffic one way in the opposite direction.
To remedy that situation, Sackville Street will become one way eastbound during Phase 1 of the project and Lower Water Street will become one way northbound during Phase 2.
Most streets are due to be converted during Phase 1, to be completed Sept. 18.
Lower Water Street is the only project slated for Phase 2, to be completed Oct. 16.
Traffic signals will be added at Duke and Lower Water streets and parking meters will be moved from the west to the east side of Hollis Street in Phase 3, to be completed March 18, 2012.
