Road Diet, More Proposed Bike Lanes for Sarnia.

From Tyler Kula, Sarnia Observer.

City hall is eyeing another bike lanes project for Sarnia’s north, one that would link cycling lanes painted on Colborne Road earlier this year to a trail system in Point Edward.

The pitch comes as the County of Lambton is planning to reconstruct County Road 19 (Michigan Avenue), between Christina Street and Colborne Road in 2019, said David Jackson, Sarnia’s manager of development and transportation.

“It kind of gives us the opportunity to look at it now,” he said. “So we thought it was a great opportunity to tie in to the work we did last  year, to connect our network into the Point Edward trail system – which then also provides a nice loop around that area as well.”

The county has decided to go with a road diet, reducing the four-lane road to three, Jackson said, including a middle turn lane.

An average 5,500 vehicles use the corridor per day, he said, noting three-lane roads can handle that volume; they accommodate up to 20,000 vehicles per day.

A similar conversion was done on Colborne Road to create the bike lanes there.

There’s been a lot of positive feedback about that project, Jackson said, adding people have noted less speeding, better visibility, and more space for cyclists.

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Image. City of Sarnia Handout.

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