Perhaps there needs to be a thread about sidewalk closures as a separate issue but Calgary needs to grow up when it comes to construction sites and have stricter rules. In New York, Toronto, London, etc you can't close a pedestrian route. It's the developers responsibility to limit the hoarding to above the sidewalk and create a safe barrier between pedestrians and the site. When the sidewalk must be closed, they are required to pay for the closure of
the parking lane so it can be set up for a pedestrian route.
In Calgary we let developers close the sidewalk and parking lane at will. Pedestrian activity is high enough Downtown/Beltline now that pedestrians should be considered more.
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