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Montreal will add 5 new pedestrian streets this year
Montreal will create new pedestrian-only areas in five boroughs for the warm months of 2016, following the success of a similar program last year.
In all, 713 metres of streets outside downtown Montreal will be off-limits to cars
Montreal will make sections of five streets off-limits to cars during the warm months of 2016, following the success of a similar program last year, the city announced.
This year's pedestrian walkways will be:
- Côte-des-Neiges Road with Frère-André Street (CDN—NDG)
- Place Shamrock (Rosemont—La Petite Patrie)
- Louis-Veuillot, Lacordaire and Monsabré streets (Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve)
- Biencourt Street and Monk Boulevard (Southwest)
- Dijon Street (Montreal North)
Last year, the city designated sections of four streets as pedestrian-only and reported high satisfaction from residents based on surveys.
On Monday, the borough of Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve said that closing Ontario Street near Place Simon-Valois more than doubled the number of people visiting the area and was a boon to businesses.
Map: Montreal's pedestrian streets, present and future
The sections in red are new for 2016.
Some streets are pedestrian-only year-round, while others are seasonal.
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