
Beacon Hill Park
#81
Posted 28 February 2012 - 11:59 AM
#82
Posted 28 February 2012 - 12:14 PM

#83
Posted 30 April 2012 - 04:31 PM
There seemed to be a big event down at Clover Point today - there were cars all over the place but I didn't see what was going on. Anyone know?
EDIT: Some school athletics thing: http://sjd.sd61.bc.c...ation/athletics
#84
Posted 30 April 2012 - 07:52 PM
#85
Posted 01 May 2012 - 08:55 AM

#86
Posted 01 May 2012 - 10:42 AM
#87
Posted 24 May 2012 - 05:05 PM
Cars short-cutting through Beacon Hill Park could become a thing of the past this summer if a proposed traffic-management plan is adopted by Victoria council.
To make the park more pedestrian and bicycle friendly, the city is considering a $25,000 trial that would see some roads shut to traffic using short posts, reduced parking on others and some roads turned into one-way routes.
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Read more: http://www.timescolo...l#ixzz1vq5E2A3v
Strange. It seems like only yesterday I posted about the city having meetings behind closed doors to figure out where to save money... Oh wait, it was yesterday.
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#88
Posted 24 May 2012 - 06:19 PM
...the city is considering a $25,000 trial that would see some roads shut to traffic...
It seems like only yesterday I posted about the city having meetings behind closed doors to figure out where to save money...
Well I think we all know where they could save $25,000 right away.
#89
Posted 24 May 2012 - 09:04 PM
#90
Posted 07 July 2012 - 11:16 AM
Expect delays as preparation for pathway pilot program gets underway
City of Victoria crews will begin converting several Beacon Hill Park roads into temporary pedestrian and cycling pathways on Monday, creating minor traffic delays for motorists.
The month-long process will focus on the intersections of Bridge Way and Chestnut Road; Chestnut Road and Circle Drive; Circle Drive and Dallas Road; and at both ends of Heywood Avenue, between Bridge Way and Circle Drive.
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Read more: http://www.timescolo...l#ixzz1zxwdwZCY
Idiots....
#91
Posted 07 July 2012 - 11:39 AM
Oh well, I suppose that I will have to go out of my way to make my way onto Heywood and drive like a total a$$hole, in protest. Vancouver Street, too.
#92
Posted 07 July 2012 - 11:43 AM
http://www.flickr.co...ton/7414536632/
#93
Posted 07 July 2012 - 11:45 AM
The changes are an effort to reduce vehicle traffic in the park and address issues such as speeding, drivers using the park as a shortcut, and nearby office workers using internal park roads for free daytime parking.
Is the park that heavily used as a shortcut? Are drivers really "speeding" through the park? Is the 100 block of Douglas Street that congested that people are using the park as a shortcut?
The only really legitimate concern I see here is with drivers using the park for free daytime parking when they go downtown. Easy - set 2hr time limits on the parking in the park.
Cutting up the roads doesn't help with emergency vehicle access either.
#94
Posted 07 July 2012 - 11:46 AM
Ah, good ol' John Luton...much like this cockamamie traffic scheme, he's the answer to a question that nobody asked.John Luton replied to a short comment I left on his Flickr Photo:
http://www.flickr.co...ton/7414536632/
#95
Posted 07 July 2012 - 12:19 PM
Personally, I'm fine with these changes, though I don't know that they were entirely necessary.
#96
Posted 07 July 2012 - 03:34 PM
#97
Posted 07 July 2012 - 03:39 PM
Sounds pretty cool to me actually.4) Circle Drive: Between Chestnut and Dallas Roads, Circle Drive*will*be*one-way eastbound, heading out of the park.
The westbound lane (leading into the park from Dallas Road up to the Petting Zoo crosswalk)*will serve as a multi-use path for pedestrians and cyclists.
New designated parking for families and seniors will be provided.
The route will be part of the proposed Trans Canada Trail connection.
#98
Posted 07 July 2012 - 04:15 PM
#99
Posted 07 July 2012 - 04:48 PM
There are roads in the park for cars, there's grass for people and ponds for ducks.
Occasionally the last two get a bit mixed up, but I've never seen a car on the grass.
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#100
Posted 07 July 2012 - 04:58 PM
I'm trying to understand why it's so bad to have cars in the park?...
To paraphrase an earlier post, "because the city of Victoria likes to answer the questions nobody asks". In all my years of visiting BHP (and 90% of that has been as a pedestrian) I cannot recall a single time I was bothered by vehicular traffic. The only part of this waste of taxpayers' money I can even begin to support, is dealing with the cars parking for free along the roadway that leads into/out of the park from/to Southgate across from the foot of Quadra. And the obvious answer to this is to make it pay parking. Heck that might even generate revenue. But as usual our city decision makers have the situation bass-ackwards.

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