A block of Victoria Avenue between University Avenue and Chatham Street will be converted from one-way to two-way traffic in the coming weeks.
The change is meant to help with traffic flow in that section of the downtown where one-block sections of nearby Chatham and Pitt streets have been closed to accommodate the new $78-million Family Aquatic Complex.
Josette Eugeni, the city’s manager of transportation planning, said the changes to Victoria — which include converting the parallel parking on the east side of the street to angled parking and adding a new bus stop — should be done in time for the Aug. 14 to 19 International Children’s Games when the aquatic centre will be open.
The recommendation to make Victoria two-way comes from a recently completed traffic study to look at ways to improve access to the new aquatic centre once it is open and people are driving to it, and to accommodate bus traffic to and from the adjacent Transit Windsor terminal.
“We have sufficient capacity in the network (of nearby roads) to manage the increase in traffic,” said Eugeni, who also said there will be sufficient parking around the complex, with a variety of municipal off-street lots, private off-street lots and on-street spots available.
The total cost of the changes to Victoria is $4,000.
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