Portage and Main
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August 29, 2018
Global News - ...Distasio, Director of the Institute of Urban Studies at the U of W, says pedestrian signals be determined later, but the opening of Portage and Main is key to improving the...
‘Spending money to make the situation worse’: Winnipeg councillor
August 29, 2018
Global News - ...Kildonan councillor Jeff Browaty said the suggested changes to Portage and Main will actually downgrade the traffic performance at the...
Pro-Open lobbyist says Winnipeg is stuck in the 70s
August 29, 2018
Global News - ...Bellamy of the Team Open campaign says if the 1970’s question to close Portage and Main to pedestrians was posed now, or anywhere else, it would never...
Winnipeg city councillor’s hope for Portage and Main vote
August 29, 2018
Global News - ...Browaty, who succeeded in getting a public vote on the plan to open Portage and Main to pedestrians, says he hopes citizens will keep it...
Fork in the road: A rational discussion about Portage and Main
August 29, 2018
Global News - ...is the day to have a rational, measured conversation about Portage and Main, Winnipeg. Starting at 6 a.m. Wednesday morning and running through to the evening news, 680 CJOB and Global News will bring you calm conversation — real experts, real people, real facts — about what, exactly, opening or not...
Five votes: It’s time to have a real conversation about Portage and Main
August 28, 2018
Global News - ...closed to walking traffic in the late ’70s. Then, as much as now, citizens were divided over whether or not pedestrians have a place at the corner Portage and Main. What started as a business proposal ultimately defined how Winnipeggers have interacted over the city’s most iconic intersection for two...
The wonders of Portage and Main
August 27, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...To continue reading, we recommend our Read Now Pay Later membership. Simply add a form of payment and pay only 27¢ per article. If a car crosses Portage and Main, who will feel the wind? The people inside will have to rely on the old maxim that this is Canada’s windiest corner. If a car crosses Portage and...
Underground business owners weigh in on Portage and Main debate
August 24, 2018
Global News - ...Day in Winnipeg just two months away, business owners in the city’s underground mall are chiming in on one of the hot button issues — the Portage and Main intersection debate. Winnipeggers will vote in a plebiscite on Oct. 24 on whether to keep the famous intersection open or closed to pedestrians. ...
Business owners chime in on Portage and Main debate
August 23, 2018
Global News - ...owners underneath the Portage and Main intersection have differing opinions as to whether the intersection should be opened to pedestrians or...
Letters and comments, Aug. 22
August 22, 2018
Winnipeg Free Press - ...a very human story that could be any one of us. Diane Cullen Winnipeg Solutions for intersection Re: Group seeks funds to promote reopening of Portage and Main (Aug. 16) As a long-term resident (30-plus years) of Winnipeg, not only has my family watched the deterioration of city infrastructure, but I also...