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Saint John explores closing streets, expanded restaurant patios as COVID-19 restrictions ease

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The City of Saint John is exploring ways to safely bring people back into the uptown core as restrictions surrounding restaurant traffic are eased across New Brunswick.

Global News has learned the city is in discussions with Uptown Saint John and various other stakeholders to consider closing down certain streets to vehicle traffic.

It’s aimed at keeping people safe and socially distant. Part of the discussion has included allowing restaurants to have new or larger patios on city sidewalks.

Nancy Tissington, the executive director of Uptown Saint John, said the city has an opportunity to innovate and set trends for other regions of the country as they prepare to reopen for business. “We don’t have a playbook on all this… but we are going to

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