The 2nd public information centre for the Oxford widening study will be in December. The content in that PIC can be found in a presentation to the city's citizen transportation advisory committee meeting, taking place next week.
Summary:
- Oxford will be widened to 4 lanes from Sanitorium to Westdel, along with a centre median or left turn lanes where needed
- Oxford at Kains/Commissioners and Oxford at Westdel will not be converted to roundabouts, as speculated at the 1st public meeting. They will remain as traffic signals
- Looks like dual-left turns are proposed from NB Commissioners to WB Oxford and SB Kains to EB Oxford
- in-boulevard bike paths will be provided in both directions from Sanitorium to Westdel. There is space on the existing Thames River bridge to do this
- Thames River bridge will not be widened (to include a cantilever) in the interim. This will save $5 to $7 million. From the presentation: "Today, pedestrians use the multi-use path on the south side of the bridge. At this time, there is limited need for a pedestrian facility on the north side of the bridge. A cantilever will be constructed when there is pedestrian demand on the north side of Oxford Street West between Kains Road and Sanatorium Road (e.g., land use change, key destinations)."
Presentation:
https://pub-london.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=104597
Draft sketch/rendering of road:
https://pub-london.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=104598
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