Halifax wants to install a wooden boardwalk or "stoplet" to widen the sidewalk along a section of Spring Garden Road. The municipality has put out a tender for a company to create a wooden platform between Dresden Row and Birmingham Street to narrow Spring Garden Road. The Spring Garden Road sidewalk is often congested with pedestrian traffic. Halifax wants to install a wooden boardwalk or 'stoplet' to widen the sidewalk along a section of Spring Garden Road. In 2016, city council voted to set aside $17 million to redevelop Argyle Street and Spring Garden Road.

Source: CBC News May 07, 2018 21:45 UTC