Pedestrian improvements are being made to the intersection around the old Manitoba Hydro building and the Liquor Mart.
The City of Dauphin plans to build a new sidewalk and a crosswalk this week.
Bill Brenner, City of Dauphin’s Public Works Director, talks about the plans for the sidewalk.
“Right in front of the Manitoba Hydro Building there will be modifications made to the existing curb and gutters; there it’ll be expanded a little bit. Starting from that point and going towards the railroad tracks a brand new sidewalk will be installed that will take you to the right away or where the railroad property starts.”
Brenner also explains what the city plans to do with a new crosswalk.
“In front of Manitoba Hydro, there will be a crosswalk installed that will take you from in front of the building across to the northeast corner of that intersection, so by the Liquor Mart.”
The sidewalk that goes across the train tracks will remain this year. Special permission and engineering needs to be complete before CN lets the city build a new sidewalk across.
It's expected to get done next year.
