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Looking north on Dufferin towards Queen [photo credit]
I almost missed this news, but it looks like that bikelanes are a part of the plan to straighten the "Dufferin Jog" (which, for anyone not familiar, is where Dufferin "jogs" a bit east due to the railway tracks via Peel Avenue and Gladstone Avenue to meet Queen St. West ).
The plan is to tunnel under the tracks to re-connect Dufferin:
By next spring, workers will begin to build a 72-metre tunnel that will finally rejoin Dufferin St., whose two segments have been split for more than a century, forcing the navigation of the so-called "Dufferin Jog" around adjacent Gladstone and Peel Aves. just to get from one side to the other....That's right - bikelanes are being included in the tunnel in anticipation that Dufferin may someday have bikelanes.
The engineers have designed the tunnel with two car lanes and a bike lane in each direction, in anticipation that Dufferin will someday be getting them as well.There will be areas for three small parks, should the city find money for it.
Gotta love it!
More at the Star.
Labels: infrastructure, news
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