Winnipeg mayor favours reopening Portage and Main to pedestrians
Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham now favours reopening Portage and Main to pedestrians, CBC News has learned, following a report warning repairs to the existing intersection would cost $73 million and cause four to five years of construction-induced traffic delays.
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![On an average weekday, 81,000 vehicles pass through Portage and Main, the City of Winnipeg says. An overhead shot shows a busy intersection with cars, buses and trucks moving through it.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.4820906.1682721497!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/portage-and-main-aerial.jpg)
Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham now favours reopening Portage and Main to pedestrians, CBC News has learned, following a report warning repairs to the existing intersection would cost $73 million and cause four to five years of construction-induced traffic delays.