City officials will study options to test out a pedestrian scramble in Winnipeg, though possible locations have yet to be named.
On Tuesday, council’s public works committee voted to follow city staff advice and take no action to add a scramble intersection, eliminate a slip lane or widen sidewalks in the area of River Avenue and Osborne Street, suggesting those changes would disrupt Winnipeg Transit buses and other traffic.
At a pedestrian scramble, all vehicle traffic stops to allow pedestrians to cross diagonally and in all other directions at the same time.
However, the public works committee did direct staff to report back with a “scope of work” for options for a pedestrian scramble pilot project in 2025, which could explore any intersection in the city deemed most suited to the treatment.
Coun. Janice Lukes (Waverley West) said the report would determine how much a pilot project would cost and where it might be best placed.
A report on those initial plans is expected back in about four months.