Cambridge closer to reconstruction of Black Bridge Road
Posted Jun 1, 2016 07:56:58 AM.
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Cambridge city council inches closer to moving ahead with the proposed Black Bridge Road reconstruction project.
It’s voted in favour of an environmental study of the initiative, despite calls from opponents for it to wait until the completion of the area’s cultural heritage landscape designation.
The project, if eventually approved, would see a new bridge built over the Speed River in Hespeler.
There would also be improved pedestrian walkways and bike lanes between Townline Road and Baldwin Drive.
The Black Bridge is about 100 years old, and Councillor Mike Devine admits, it’s an emotional issue, but he tells the Record, the bridge’s “life is done.”
Supporters of the project maintain it’s also a matter of safety, saying fire trucks can’t use the current bridge.
