You’ll start to notice some changes to how the downtown looks.
Expanded downtown patio spaces will be removed this month, to prepare sidewalks and roads for winter snow clearing operations.
Restaurants and other businesses that have temporary patios on sidewalks and in on-street parking next to their businesses will remove their patio furniture by the end of the day on October 17th, to clear the way for the removal of the fencing and large planters starting on October 18th.
The expanded patio spaces were installed in June.
With the removal of the expanded patio areas, Hunter Street between George and Aylmer streets will return to a two-lane, two-way street.
This was the third summer that the City put in place temporary changes to the downtown public space to allow for more patio and pedestrian space.
(Written by: Jordan Mercier)
