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[Ismo07]

I just assume long weekends are busy everywhere.

 

Well parking transaction-wise it was busier than the previous week and the August 11th Sunday.  I can't speak for the two locations the pictures were taken of.  Should've popped down too the Local, it was a hoot.

[Mike K.]

There was a dude so drunk on Douglas at View, standing in front of the McDonald’s, that he didn’t realize he put a full, open beer into his jacket pocket, sideways. It started pouring out, dripping like a faucet from his jacket pocket and down his pants.

He was so loaded, he was holding an unopened can in his hand, looking at it, and in bewilderment wondering how it was possible beer was still spilling out from somewhere even though he was holding a full, unopened can in his hand. I guess he miscalculated how many he already drank.

That was at about 3:15PM.

Also, Churchill now offers a hot dog and a beer for $10, early in the day every day, I think the sign said.

[Victoria Watcher]

Business owners unhappy with the route for Esquimalt’s proposed east-west protected bike lanes are suggesting their own alternatives with less impact on parking for their customers.

 

Mark Eraut of Panago Pizza in Esquimalt Town Centre said one of the options Esquimalt is considering — a quick-build protected bike line on a section of Esquimalt Road that would take away all street-side parking between Lampson Road and Canteen Road — is a “huge issue” for area businesses and residents.

 

Eraut has been raising concerns at council meetings about the township’s proposed bike lanes on behalf of a group of 29 businesses on Esquimalt Road. The group is planning to unveil alternative east-west bike routes next week.

 

“We are not opposed to bike lanes. What we are opposed to is bike lanes that don’t make sense for the entire community,” said Eraut.

 

At this week’s council meeting, a number of business owners — including the operators of a hair salon, a herbal medicine shop and a mountain bike shop — said losing parking to the bike lanes could hurt their businesses.

 

Marty Clough of Marty’s Mountain Cycling told council he’d be foolish to oppose bike lanes as a person in the bicycle business, but his store needs customer vehicle parking.

 

Plans for protected bike lanes stretching the length of the municipal portion of Esquimalt Road have been formalized in Esquimalt’s active transportation plan since 2022.

 

However, Eraut proposed an alternative route that would loop below Esquimalt Road and run past Bullen Park and the Archie Browning Sports Centre instead of alongside the township’s primary east-west vehicle thoroughfare.

 

Eraut said he tried to work with the township’s engineering department earlier during the bike-lane-planning process but that “hasn’t been well received.”

 

 

 

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Edited by Victoria Watcher, 27 November 2024 - 10:00 AM.