Design for Cycling Route to be Presented
(Monday, October 15, 2001)-- Streets For Cycling, an active transportation pilot project of HRM Traffic and Transportation Services, will hold an open house this week to present design recommendations re: bicycle commuting along the proposed Vernon/Seymour Streets cycling route, from Quinpool Road to University Avenue.
Design recommendations for key areas on the route will be presented, including changes to traffic signals and intersection realignment. Comments from the cycling community and the community at large will be appreciated.
Parking for cyclists is available at the main entrance, and there is a parking lot for cars opposite the Dal Student Union Building on University Avenue, Halifax.
Thursday, October 18
From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Room 224, Dalhousie Student Union Building
6136 University Avenue, Halifax
Visit the Streets For Cycling web page at the following URL:
http://www.halifax.ca/traffic/cycling.html
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John O'Brien
HRM Corporate Communications Officer
(902) 490-6531
Peter Ewert
Urban Planning & Design Services
Consultant for: HRM Streets For Cycling Project,
Telephone: 455-5799
E-mail: peter.ewert@ns.sympatico.ca .ca
