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Business groups call for better pedestrian, patio access on some Halifax streets during COVID-19
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As municipal governments prepare for Nova Scotia’s stores and restaurants to reopen amid the continuing coronavirus crisis, some stakeholder groups in Halifax say the safest way to do that may be to keep certain areas closed.
Both the Downtown Halifax Business Commission and North End Business Association are calling on the Halifax Regional Municipality to — at the very least — experiment with vehicle traffic closures on certain streets where the number of food service establishments is high.
That would allow restaurants to expand patios into the road, they argue, providing a physically-distanced environment for customers, as well as for pedestrians and cyclists passing by. “As Dr.
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