As part of the Peninsula South Complete Streets project, we're
planning new infrastructure and changes to streets in
the south end of Halifax, to better support people,
walking, rolling, and cycling.
Many different concepts were considered and are available
to review on our website.
We've narrowed them down to eight.
This video will outline the key design features of: one
concept for Morris street, three concepts for University avenue.
Two concepts for Robie street, south of University
avenue, one concept for South street, west of Seymour
street, and one concept for Carteret and Oakland road.
In the Morris street concept, the street would be converted
to one way, eastbound traffic, and a two way raised
bike way would be added.
As with all the concepts safety improvements would be introduced
at the signalized intersections.
Parking and loading areas would be maintained on the
south side of the street.
Approximately six of 55 street trees would be
removed and replaced with new trees on the same street
or in the project area.
This concept would also require changes to transit
service such as moving routes and stops from University
avenue and Morris street to parallel streets like South
street and Spring Garden road.
There are three proposed concepts for University avenue.
The specific improvements and impacts are different
for each option.
Concept 2A for University avenue envisions one way raised bicycle
lanes on both sides of the street and widened sidewalks.
This would require an overall removal of most parking
and approximately 44 of 326 street trees would be
removed and replaced with new trees on the same street
or in the project area.
Concept 2B for University avenue envisions a two-way bikeway
added to the center of the median and widen sidewalks.
Various features would ensure safety through intersections
for people cycling.
Parking and loading would be maintained.
And approximately 23 of 326 street trees would be
removed and replaced with new trees on the same street
or in the project area.
Concept 2C envisions University avenue with westbound traffic
and parking lanes converted to a two-way bikeway and
eastbound traffic lanes converted to two-way traffic.
The center median would be narrowed on the south
side to provide parking and loading on most blocks and
sidewalks would be widened.
Approximately 56 of 326 street trees would be
removed and replaced with new trees on the same street
or in the project area.
There would be ample green or open space on both sides
of the bikeway with excellent opportunities for new tree
plantings and open spaces.
There are two proposed concepts for connecting the west end of
University avenue to the Halifax Urban Greenway at Oxford street.
Concept 3A envisions South street with a raised two-way
bikeway next to the sidewalk on the north side of the street.
Two-way traffic would be maintained and parking
would be removed.
Approximately 52 of 88 street trees would be
removed and replaced with new trees on the same street
or in the project area.
The majority of removals would be young trees that
can be replaced with new trees of similar maturity.
Concept 3B envisions local street bikeways on Carteret
street and Oakland road.
On local street
bikeways, people cycling share the street with people driving.
There would be no separate bicycle lanes.
Features could include traffic calming and treatments to help
people ride across busy streets.
Existing sidewalks, curbs, trees, and grass boulevards
would remain the same.
There are two proposed concepts for Robie street,
south of University avenue.
Concept 4A envisions Robie street with an off street
multi-use pathway on the east side of the street, shared
by pedestrians and cyclists.
Sidewalks on the west side of the street would be widened.
One northbound traffic lane would be removed between South
street and University avenue and parking is maintained.
Approximately seven of 333 street trees would be
removed and replaced with new trees on the same street
or in the project area.
Concept 4B envisions Robie street with one way
protected bicycle lanes and widen sidewalks on
both sides of the street.
Traffic would be one lane in both directions instead of two.
Parking north of Inglis street would remain on both sides of
the street and south of Inglish
it would be removed.
Approximately 11 of 333 street trees would be
removed and replaced with new trees on the same street
or in the project area.
In the next video, we'll look at how people could expect
to experience the proposed concepts and street features
from a variety of perspectives.
For more information and to share your feedback on the
Peninsula South Complete Streets project, please visit
shapeyourcityhalifax.ca.