Comments on: King Street West: An Incomplete Street

By: Jane Mitchell

Jane Mitchell — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:22:27 +0000

The sidewalks will be fixed when the changes are done for the LRT. So it is also waiting for the Federal money.

By: J. Hughes

J. Hughes — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:35:54 +0000

When you add walls of plowed, frozen, banked-up snow, those narrow stretches of sidewalk become both impossible to navigate and dangerous, with speeding cars and buses only inches away.

By: a comment

a comment — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:47:01 +0000

Great overview – one item that might indicate that you are stretching just a bit and heading into the blight of busybody complainer would be the trash can comment – there is a rather simple fix for this – as for the rest of your complaints – these are private enterprise – they can do as they please – especially the railway – they have special exemptions that date back to Sir John A.

By: Jonathan Karrel

Jonathan Karrel — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:33:09 +0000

This is a great analysis of a sidewalk that has been forgotten in the Region. Thanks for clearly documenting what most of us who walk this stretch feel. I would love for this to be shown to the City of Kitchener or Region (whoever is responsible for that stretch of King)!

By: Kevin Loughlin

Kevin Loughlin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 04:04:48 +0000

I was a KCI student for all of high school, and am intimately familiar with this streetscape.

In a way, it seems like this is the road that time forgot – it’s been there so long, nobody thinks about reworking it into something that could be better. They re-paved much of the roadway about a year or two ago, but that involved only stripping the top inch or so of asphalt and repaving – there was next to no work on the sidewalk itself.

The new bus shelter opposite Central is a true standout, because it’s the first real change I can recall there for quite some time.