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Originally Posted by thewave46
Given that Wynyard is a low density thing anyway, any such plan like that to "revitalize" downtown would likely just push development to the next super-plaza near the highway anyway.
It's not like Wynyard is limited by land area, nor facing the pressure of thousands of people immigrating per year. I'd actually wager that you could live more of your life walking in that town than the average suburbanite in Vaughan.
It's not great looking, but that's a modern-era thing.
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It is curious why prairie towns have such wide main drags, even when they were laid out before widespread car ownership, but in any case, yeah: narrowing them is probably not in the cards.
A lot of low-hanging fruit in the case of a town like Wynyard though. sidewalks could be widened without any real impact on traffic, a treed median could be installed between the traffic lanes, more benches and places to gather could be added. If there's enough development activity, the one-storey buildings could be replaced over time with buildings of three or four storeys, which would make a huge positive difference.
Some relatively small changes could yield big results, but huge urbanism-focused makeovers don't seem too likely.