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Winnipeg's 'Open Streets' initiative winds down, but motion proposes keeping some routes open

A motion at city hall proposes that Winnipeg keep some of its 10 'Open Streets' open — but unless council votes for the changes, the city will return to its usual four routes that are exclusive to cyclists, runners and walkers on Sundays and holidays.

Motion aims to keep active transportation routes until Nov. 1 at some locations

Winnipeg Free Press ·
A cyclist rides his bike on Vialoux Drive, one of the 10 streets the City of Winnipeg has limited motor vehicle traffic on during the pandemic. Those limitations end completely on six of the streets at 8 p.m. Monday and the other four streets will only have the restriction on Sundays and holidays. (Daniel Crump/Winnipeg Free Press)

The City of Winnipeg's Open Streets initiative ends Monday at 8 p.m.

The program, which was announced in April, blocks vehicles from stretches of residential roads so people can walk, cycle and physically distance.

Ten routes through the city were limited to active transport users and vehicles of people living on the routes between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. seven days a week. The measures came to promote social distancing during the pandemic.

Now, a motion at city hall proposes that Winnipeg keep some of its "Open Streets" open — but unless council votes for the changes, the city will return to its usual four routes that are exclusive to cyclists, runners and walkers on Sundays and holidays.

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