Baker Street Reconstruction

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Consultation has concluded

This consultation has concluded.

In the summer of 2022, we started work for the Baker Street reconstruction to replace aging underground pipes and sewers on Baker Street, Chapel and Park Lanes to ensure our Downtown is future-ready. 

Baker Street changed from being a one-way road between Chapel Lane and Woolwich Street to a full, two-way road. The intersection of Baker Street and Woolwich Street will be redesigned and include new traffic signals. Construction is expected to finish in fall 2024.

Once the underground work is complete, we’ll reconstruct the roads and add new streetlights, accessible sidewalks, benches, bicycle racks, and street trees to the area.

During engagement for this project, we hosted open houses to present plans and the construction design concept for Baker Street, Park and Chapel Lanes. 

The project was phased to accommodate archaeological clearances, temporary and permanent utility relocations, and the Baker District redevelopment

Virtual open house documents



An aerial map of the reconstruction and redesign area. At the top of the map Eramosa Road meets Woolich Street and at the bottom of the map Baker Street meets Quebec Street. . A dotted line shows the area of reconstruction from Woolwich Street to Baker Street and Park Lane and Chapel Lane sourrounding the Baker Street parking facility. Baker Street reconstruction area map

 

This consultation has concluded.

In the summer of 2022, we started work for the Baker Street reconstruction to replace aging underground pipes and sewers on Baker Street, Chapel and Park Lanes to ensure our Downtown is future-ready. 

Baker Street changed from being a one-way road between Chapel Lane and Woolwich Street to a full, two-way road. The intersection of Baker Street and Woolwich Street will be redesigned and include new traffic signals. Construction is expected to finish in fall 2024.

Once the underground work is complete, we’ll reconstruct the roads and add new streetlights, accessible sidewalks, benches, bicycle racks, and street trees to the area.

During engagement for this project, we hosted open houses to present plans and the construction design concept for Baker Street, Park and Chapel Lanes. 

The project was phased to accommodate archaeological clearances, temporary and permanent utility relocations, and the Baker District redevelopment

Virtual open house documents



An aerial map of the reconstruction and redesign area. At the top of the map Eramosa Road meets Woolich Street and at the bottom of the map Baker Street meets Quebec Street. . A dotted line shows the area of reconstruction from Woolwich Street to Baker Street and Park Lane and Chapel Lane sourrounding the Baker Street parking facility. Baker Street reconstruction area map

 

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The plans for upgrades to the roads to include two way traffic and on street parking, as well as attractive and accessible sidewalks and bike racks makes sense. I have no specific comments on the plan as a regular user of these streets as I move through the downtown core. This should make the area more easy to navigate.

It would be helpful if the lights at Woolwich and Eramosa are timed to complement traffic flow at the proposed signal at Baker and Woolwich to ensure consistent movement and avoid backups. This could rapidly become a nightmare, especially with the not very well marked trail crossing at the rail tracks close to there on the other side of Woolwich.
I continue to have significant concerns about the proposed building on the Baker street lot, the library in particular, but that seems to be out of scope for this consultation.

cmcelwain about 2 years ago
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