The neighbourhood's city councillor is enthusiastic about the changes. An existing sidewalk will be widened to become a multi-use path for cyclists and pedestrians. The former vehicle lanes have been stripped of asphalt and returned to dirt, and trees will eventually be planted.
'The changes we proposed on the Rossdale Road rehabilitation are necessary to eliminate some of the confusion where the triangle portion of 103 Street, Bellamy Hill, Rossdale Road, and 97 Avenue connect,' said Satya Gadidasu, the City of Edmonton project manager in charge of the redesign. The city said the redesign helps simplify an area it calls dangerous and confusing. Drivers that would have used the now-closed sections of Rossdale Road to reach 97 Avenue will now use 99 Avenue, westbound, and turn southbound on Bellamy Hill Road. Work that will begin to undo Edmonton's incomplete 1970s downtown freeway project is already seeing asphalt removed in one of the city's oldest neighbourhoods.Īs part of the routine rehabilitation of Rossdale Road, the city has opted to redirect southeast-bound traffic to other routes, closing the vehicle lanes permanently.
