The City of Montreal recently created car-free streets and expanded sidewalks as an incentive to get more Montrealers out, safely, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
In some cases, the move was made without consultation, leaving merchants infuriated. But the City of Westmount decided to take a different approach, consulting merchants to find a common solution.
The latest initiative is a temporary reconfiguration of Green Avenue, between Sherbrooke Street and De Maisonneuve Boulevard.
Traffic along that section of the commercial artery will be reduced to one lane, leaving more space for pedestrians to practise social distancing.“We feel that in creating this new space that we’ll make people feel safer and give them places to wait, to eat,.