The Trans-Canada Highway will be called Main Street once the $65-million construction project to realign the Trans-Canada Highway around Cornwall is complete.
Cornwall mayor Minerva McCourt said to help navigate this change, conversations are already underway to create a steering committee to help plan and grow the town once traffic is re-routed.
This committee will be appointed by council and consist of people who have the skills to help develop Main Street.
“We hope that in the big picture it will all come together and form a more united community for the town of Cornwall.”
The development of Main Street will take place over the next few years, working alongside the completion of the new six-kilometre Trans-Canada Highway from New Haven to York Point Road.
McCourt said new entrances and streets will be created to improve access to services in the community including the Terry Fox Sports Complex.
McCourt said they also hope to eventually extend sidewalks from the western point to the eastern part of Cornwall, as well as walking and cycling trails.
“Our town, because of Main Street, will be much more connected from one point to the other,” said McCourt in an interview with The Guardian recently.
The completion of this project will ease traffic flow through Cornwall, redirecting thousands of tractor-trailers and cars away from the town each day.
McCourt said although there are concerns regarding less traffic, she feels there are key facilities in the town that attract people, including the APM Centre and Terry Fox Sports Complex.
McCourt also notes that many businesses in Cornwall are dependent on the people in surrounding communities, as these are the people who support those businesses on a day-to-day basis.
To help address this traffic concern, McCourt hopes with the proper signage, it will attract and direct people to Cornwall (who don’t live in the community) as they go through the Clyde River area, telling them what is available in the community.
McCourt said she hopes this new bypass will create a more united and safer community in the town of Cornwall.
“I’m hoping not only will the residents will be safer, it will feel more like a community.”
The next Phase, Phase 2 (a), will begin in summer 2017 with the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of York Point Road and the Trans-Canada Highway.
The Trans-Canada Highway will be called Main Street once the $65-million construction project to realign the Trans-Canada Highway around Cornwall is complete.
Cornwall mayor Minerva McCourt said to help navigate this change, conversations are already underway to create a steering committee to help plan and grow the town once traffic is re-routed.
This committee will be appointed by council and consist of people who have the skills to help develop Main Street.
“We hope that in the big picture it will all come together and form a more united community for the town of Cornwall.”
The development of Main Street will take place over the next few years, working alongside the completion of the new six-kilometre Trans-Canada Highway from New Haven to York Point Road.
McCourt said new entrances and streets will be created to improve access to services in the community including the Terry Fox Sports Complex.
McCourt said they also hope to eventually extend sidewalks from the western point to the eastern part of Cornwall, as well as walking and cycling trails.
“Our town, because of Main Street, will be much more connected from one point to the other,” said McCourt in an interview with The Guardian recently.
The completion of this project will ease traffic flow through Cornwall, redirecting thousands of tractor-trailers and cars away from the town each day.
McCourt said although there are concerns regarding less traffic, she feels there are key facilities in the town that attract people, including the APM Centre and Terry Fox Sports Complex.
McCourt also notes that many businesses in Cornwall are dependent on the people in surrounding communities, as these are the people who support those businesses on a day-to-day basis.
To help address this traffic concern, McCourt hopes with the proper signage, it will attract and direct people to Cornwall (who don’t live in the community) as they go through the Clyde River area, telling them what is available in the community.
McCourt said she hopes this new bypass will create a more united and safer community in the town of Cornwall.
“I’m hoping not only will the residents will be safer, it will feel more like a community.”
The next Phase, Phase 2 (a), will begin in summer 2017 with the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of York Point Road and the Trans-Canada Highway.