Preliminary design details

The two-way protected bike lane will extend the Abbott Active Transportation Corridor (ATC) from Rose Avenue near the hospital to Boyce-Gyro Beach Park. Interim materials will be installed starting in 2022, pending budget approvals, and replaced in the future with permanent infrastructure.

Benefits

• Provides separation between pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles.
• Fits within the existing street space.
• Provides a protected bicycling facility sooner than currently scheduled in the 10-Year Capital Plan.
• Adds new crosswalks, sidewalks, stop signs and traffic calming at key locations.
• Two-way vehicle traffic flow maintained.

Trade-offs

• To accommodate the active transportation corridor and maintain two-way vehicle traffic, on-street parking in some areas will be changed or removed due to insufficient road width.

Preliminary design

Two-way protected bike lanes, with a multi-use path in some sections that have space constraints, are proposed for the west side of Abbot Street between Rose Avenue and Boyce-Gyro Beach Park.

The type of barrier used between the bike lanes/pathway and the vehicle lane will be informed by public input.

Preliminary design by section

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Rose Avenue to Christleton Avenue

Proposed design: New protected multi-use path on the west side of Abbott Street New crosswalks New sidewalks

Christleton Avenue to Wardlaw Avenue

Proposed design: New two-way protected bike lane on the west side of Abbott Street

Wardlaw Avenue to West Avenue

Proposed design: New two-way protected bike lane on the west side of Abbott STreet New crosswalk at Wardlaw Avenue Angle parking converted to parallel parking at Kinsmen Park

West Avenue to Cedar Avenue

Proposed design: New two-way protected bike lane on the west side of Abbott Street

Cedar Avenue to Walnut Street

Proposed design: New two-way protected bike lane on the west side of Meikle Avenue New 4-way stop at Walnut Street New stop sign at Meikle Avenue New crosswalk on Meikle Avenue at Walnut Street New traffic calming curbs

Walnut Street & Watt Road

Proposed design: New two-way protected bike lane on the west side of Walnut Street and Watt Road Three new stop signs at Walnut Street and Watt Road New sidewalk in one section

Having trouble viewing these images? A PDF version of the Preliminary Design information is available under the 'Documents' section of the main project page