Portage and Main
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September 14, 2018
CBC Manitoba - ...about a lot of stuff," Welch said. "We don't love him, we don't mind him, but we are open to other alternatives and I think to some degree the Portage and Main issue really has been a catalyst." The same Probe Research poll found 67 per cent of Winnipeggers oppose reopening the intersection to pedestrians,...
Voters must look past Portage and Main
September 14, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...of payment and pay only 27¢ per article. Let’s take urban density and consider its importance to Winnipeg’s future. While we are talking about Portage and Main, few are paying attention to the fact Winnipeg remains one of Canada’s least densely populated cities, and that has very serious long-term...
Letters and comments, Sept. 14
September 14, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...Winnipeg Don’t just stand there, bus a move Re: Winnipeg Transit ‘not fully ready’ for electric buses, official says (Sept. 8) To heck with Portage and Main (and I want it open) — let’s start discussing other stuff that matters at least as much! Where, for example, is the general outcry and your...
Bowman launches re-election campaign at RBC Convention Centre
September 13, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...to the city, impacting ambulance services, Transit, public works, and policing. • Bowman’s sudden public coolness towards the reopening of Portage and Main to pedestrians. • His public spat with businessman Mark Chipman in early 2015, over Bowman’s claims that Chipman received advantageous treatment...
A hill to wry on
September 13, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...can agree on some things. In a city where friendships and, probably, at least a few marriages are currently strained over the matter of crossing Portage and Main, it was a relief. Turns out we can agree on some things. Now, as we begin the long wait to see whether the Garbage Hill sign will rise again, let...
Do you think Portage and Main should be reopened to pedestrians?
September 12, 2018
CBC Manitoba - ... Do you think Portage and Main should be reopened to pedestrians? CBC Manitoba's Red Chair Chats ask Manitobans to weigh in on hot button topics. With Winnipeggers set to vote in a plebiscite on the issue of whether to open Portage and Main to pedestrian traffic, we asked people near the intersection to...
No one showed us what Portage and Main could become — so it will stay the same, urban planners say
September 12, 2018
CBC Manitoba - ...don't want to open Portage and Main to pedestrians because they have no idea what it will look like, urban planners say after a new poll suggested declining support for yanking barriers from the iconic intersection. Michelle Richard, a former planner with the City of Winnipeg, says no vision or drawings...
Majority of Winnipeggers would kept Portage and Main closed
September 12, 2018
Winnipeg Sun - ...don’t want Portage and Main to be reopened to pedestrian traffic according to a Probe Research poll. The poll of 600 Winnipeggers taken between Aug. 27-31, shows if the vote were held today, 66% of Winnipeggers would vote no, while 28% would support its reopening and 6% are unsure how they would...
Poll finds Winnipeggers opposed to opening Portage and Main to pedestrians
September 12, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...are resoundingly against the idea. Those hoping for Winnipeggers to come out in droves to vote in next month's referendum in favour of reopening Portage and Main to pedestrians shouldn't hold their breath. Those hoping for Winnipeggers to come out in droves to vote in next month's referendum in favour of...
‘Winnipeggers really don’t like this idea of reopening Portage and Main’: Poll finds 67% opposed
September 12, 2018
CBC Manitoba - ...large majority of Winnipeggers do not want to reopen Portage and Main to pedestrians, according to a poll commissioned by CBC News. A Probe Research survey conducted during the final week of August suggests 67 per cent of Winnipeggers oppose the idea of reopening the city's most famous intersection, versus 33...