12-06-2017, 10:12 AM
The street shouldn't have been opened until it was completed. I walked Uptown on the weekend with my family to check out the Christmas activities at the square and the mall.
I'm grateful to the BIA for putting those activities on in part to "celebrate" the opening of King, but I wish they would be patient and let construction proceed until it's actually completed. I can't see how anyone would prefer sand and mud and an obviously incomplete job over waiting for it do be done properly.
By the way, although I had looked at the plans way back, we had no idea what the strip of mud and sand interspersed with asphalt patches that we were looking at was intended to be. We thought maybe interlock brick. It certainly didn't seem like it was intended for parking, or expected to be used for anything before completion.
Waterloo would have done well to emulate King Street through Downtown Kitchener. It's attractive, practical, and I personally do feel comfortable riding in mixed traffic there because the lanes are reasonable and traffic moves slow (it's a downtown, so I don't think that's an issue). There's plenty of street parking, but it looks much more attractive, so I don't see how anyone could credibly complain about the same design Uptown.
Oh, well.
I'm grateful to the BIA for putting those activities on in part to "celebrate" the opening of King, but I wish they would be patient and let construction proceed until it's actually completed. I can't see how anyone would prefer sand and mud and an obviously incomplete job over waiting for it do be done properly.
By the way, although I had looked at the plans way back, we had no idea what the strip of mud and sand interspersed with asphalt patches that we were looking at was intended to be. We thought maybe interlock brick. It certainly didn't seem like it was intended for parking, or expected to be used for anything before completion.
Waterloo would have done well to emulate King Street through Downtown Kitchener. It's attractive, practical, and I personally do feel comfortable riding in mixed traffic there because the lanes are reasonable and traffic moves slow (it's a downtown, so I don't think that's an issue). There's plenty of street parking, but it looks much more attractive, so I don't see how anyone could credibly complain about the same design Uptown.
Oh, well.