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Originally Posted by raisethehammer
you both make the arguement FOR closure of the north leg.
"Hamilton's greatest street"
"It's a main thoroughfare"
right now only the second statement is true. This COULD be our greatest street. Why isn't it?
Because it's a main thoroughfare.
Main, Hunter, Cannon, Wilson and Barton are all main thoroughfares right nearby. Let's let King Street become our greatest street and most vibrant district.
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It's because people speed right through it at 70 km/h between John and everything west. Just calm the traffic a little bit and see what happens. How are people even going to know it's there if you can't drive through it? Hamilton has a huge suburban (read: car-owning) population that isn't always keen on taking HSR through the city.
I mean it's literally taking a park and putting stores and hotels and malls around it. It's a tough sell to Joe Taxpayer.
How about this, turn the south and north parts into one-way angled parking. Come in from the east and leave on the west. No through traffic. Keep James, John, Hughson open. Turn Hughson two-way between King and Wilson so you can pick it up off Wilson.