Fort Saskatchewan is getting a street redone downtown, and it'll include a pretty significant sidewalk expansion.
Right now, 103rd street has narrow sidewalks, with some sections missing entirely.
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The new design, which will be constructed this year, widens the sidewalks by 3m (on the east half) and 1.5/1.7m (on the west half, nearest to the green apartment building). On top of that, they're also putting in rows of trees that separate pedestrians and vehicle traffic, like we already see along 100 Ave downtown.
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So, the sidewalk should look something like this (but not as fancy, and a bit narrower in parts).
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A stretch of 104 St will be getting similar treatment as well. During the road rehabilitation project this summer, the city is putting in a bike path on the north side, accompanied by a 1.5m sidewalk. On the south side, the existing sidewalk will be replaced. The bike path will be isolated from other bike infrastructure to start with, but hopefully the city will continue to add more paths like this during future rehab projects in the area.
That's not to say it'll be completely isolated though. 100th Ave, Fort Saskatchewan's main downtown thoroughfare, is pictured in the post I quoted. The wide sidewalks and slow traffic (it was designed to keep vehicles moving at a slow pace) make cycling better than in many other commercial areas of the city, although still not ideal. In contrast, 104st and the other streets which connect to 100 Ave are characterized by very narrow sidewalks and wide roads.
It'll be nice to have this improved pedestrian connection to downtown, so that 100th Ave is no longer an island surrounded by typical vehicle-oriented stroad design.
^104 st today (the bike path and new sidewalk will be on the left, and the replaced sidewalk will be on the right).
^This rendering omits the north-side sidewalk for some reason
^You can see the north-side sidewalk in this photo. It will range between 1.5-1.91 m wide, the bike path will range between 3.15-3.53 m wide, and the south sidewalk will range between 2.45-3.26 m wide.
^Just for kicks, here's the legend in case you care.
^Just to orient you: The stretch of 104 St being rehabilitated is underlined in red, while the part of 103 St being rehabbed is underlined in black.
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