Pedestrianised Queen Street on Summer Sundays

Idea:

Cities across Canada, notably the very beautiful city of Montréal are pedestrianizing downtown streets for the summertime to make the downtown more appealing to its citizens. The city should implement time limited openings of at least 1 major, and popular street so people can better enjoy the events in the summer. Queen street links most of these events together.

Staff Feedback:

Thank you for your suggestion to increase pedestrian street events in our downtown. In 2015, the City of Fredericton adopted the City Centre Plan to help guide our downtown core through a vision and framework for growth and change. One of the key strategies in this plan aligns with your idea for increased pedestrian street events, specifically titled “The Queen & Carleton Cultural Corridors” (section 3.5). We have identified Carleton Street as the primary location for these activities and plan on improving the pedestrian infrastructure of this corridor when feasible. If you’re interested, you can read through the Plan to review the many exciting and unique strategies we have proposed throughout the City Centre.

The City of Fredericton will continue to work with our adopted plans, advocate for more pedestrian activities, and facilitate improvements to the City Centre. This work is always ongoing and we hope to bring forth greater pedestrian engagement in our downtown. We appreciate you taking the time to voice your support!