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I WATERLOOCHm-Wedne‘day.0uobet9.2013'7 o o l Busmesses not happy With p an ., a a“ R. Continued frompage I region has plans to reconstruct King Street : .r ‘ i, ~:‘v~;.r.. 3‘ MI! “ ' from Central Street to University Avenue #- i-ifl- fin . s ‘ She said she often sees delivery trucks and using the complete streets approach. shrink- 0* “33‘ buses blocking at least one lane of traffic. “l ing it to two lanes and integrating bike lanes. _w . C get all the wonderful imprtwements. but l just For that reason, it makes sense for the K L ' fear people will avoid that stretch.” city's section of King Street â€" which is sand- ‘ ' , A Don Drackley. a senior associate for ”31 wiched between the two regional projects â€"â€" cos . Group who has been working on the project to also be reduced to two lanes. Drackley . a “W-I-. . - design. said congestion will not be as bad as said. ‘ ‘ Show," ." _ . ' may fear, Traffic models suggest only a third «Forty per cent of trips on King Street 3 ”am“, .‘I. g 1 ' . , or all trafiic driving through uptown actually North are by transit. cycling or walking. This , -'-I A... t '3' w» _ . . . stays there to shop. with the remainder conv area has some of the highest transit users in j; ----- z N E’f G E A R tinuing on to their destination. the entire region." he said. “King Street is ' ' A .» r: ' '"' “ >1 g . - . When the reconstruction is finished, plan~ operating under capacity with four lanes." 1m ; . i E B “W88 ners anticipate traffic will divert to other “It's a really difficult position we're in i. g _ .. a _ .' . ‘ 4. , roads. including Weber Street. which is cur because we're being squeezed on both sides,” ‘3‘" l ., ‘ * ! ‘5 s , a ‘N, ' ‘ ' rently being widened. The plan will also said Durrell in an interview following the _ .7 ., 5‘ -..- 3‘...) . . ' y ‘, Ix. expand the number of onâ€"street parking from meeting. " We need to find a balance." 1'3 . i e 's' g ' ‘11:; - ' 1‘ y ' 60 to 68. Phil Hewitson. the city’s manager of active . r .l :3» *1?" “There will be some traffic diversion. there transportation and LRT coordination. said m m - ‘ always is when you change a street." said with the large influx of new residents expect ' y» .' , _ I; Drackicy. “These are people who aren‘t stop- ed in the uptown core in the next decade. in" ‘ ' .. g, / ‘ g .\-1 ping in the downtown, they're through trips many future customers will want to walk, m ' j N ’ ._ ‘ it >‘/ anyways, A lot of the traffic you're not going bike or take transit to shops rather than drive a“ 7 ‘ ’ A . ' â€"' ”we” to catch.” their car. .‘\3\ .. ’ “ ' Shane (iysbers. who works at the Starlight About 52 million has been budgeted for .1 _ Social Club. said a lot of businesses rely on the project but Drackley said it will likely cost customers driving by and seeing their sign for more to complete. Designs could be ready by «. v - the first time. “That reduction in traffic the spring and. pending council approval, - I 3 ’- ‘ 99 means twoAthirds less people seeing your construction could begin early next summer, 1 1 business, so that‘s not a good thing in a busiv A public open house for the plan is set for . i‘ .. ' ~ ness owner's eyes" he said, Nov. 13 at 5:30 pm. at the Hauser House at . Others, including uptown (Ioun Melissa the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex Ilurrell. have worries about ernerr g mun” _ EXT“ THICK 7 gency vehicles navigating along . King Street, Drackley said there is / P“ BE” YMA I . . enough room with the bike lanes / “ .. ’: and onrstreet parking to allow a fine i“ A ' ' ' . I: truck to pass through the area. UP ‘0‘ I a. g ‘ I 1‘ " i" ‘. 7 The project has stirred up con- \’ ‘1“ *g . . l ‘ _ troversy in the past. 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