The overwhelming tone of survey (June 2010) results was displeasure overall with Peace Bridge construction and annoyance that it was over-budget and behind schedule. In this context, many residents thought it was a waste of money to
close the much loved 7th Street crosswalk, only to move it a block away. Respondents were torn between:
-keeping the 7th Street crosswalk
-moving the crosswalk to 8th Street
-having crosswalks at 7th and 8th Streets (an option that the city would not allow because of potential disruption of traffic on Memorial)
As a resident of Sunnyside (in fact, I live just off 8th Street), I'd like to have crosswalks at both 7th and 8th Street due to the cost of removing a perfectly good crosswalk, and because I don't really mind if I occasionally have to wait 10 seconds for a pedestrian to cross when I'm driving down Memorial. In fact, sometimes I rely on a pedestrian to push the button before I can turn! Sunnyside can be difficult to access by road due to turn restrictions on 10th and Memorial, as well as c-train crossings. More power to pedests!
That said, if I can only have 1, and the city decides that the expense of removing a perfectly useful crosswalk is worth the cost of waiting 10 seconds for a pedestrian to cross now and then, put the crosswalk at 8th Street.
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