Petition calls for Blackfriars Bridge to remain closed to vehicular traffic
Hundreds of people have signed their name to an online petition calling on city hall to keep London’s historicThe city blocked vehicular access to the bridge in April of 2020 in a bid to provide pedestrians and cyclists proper physical distancing amid thepandemic. The bridge is set to be reopened to eastbound vehicle traffic on Nov. 8 for the first time in more than a year and a half.
“A lot of people would be excited to have a link between the Blackfriars neighbourhood and downtown, a link between the path systems on both sides of the river,” he said. “People are concerned, myself included, that having the additional wear and tear of cars will mean we’ll have a similar type of maintenance coming along sooner,” DeGroot said.
“Early in the pandemic, we did see a lot of folks out using the parks and the trail network in that area. That’s really what led to the closing at that point in time,” said Garfield Dales, the city’s manager of transportation planning and design.It’s very possible that the bridge could revert back to the way it was during the pandemic. Dales notes that city council has discretion when it comes to changes to the use of the bridge, should they feel a change is necessary.
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