Winnipeg mayor pushes plan to reopen Portage and Main to pedestrians by summer 2025
Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham made it official Friday morning and announced his desire to reopen Portage and Main to pedestrians by summer 2025.
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![Thousands of people marched through Portage and Main after the Winnipeg Blue Bombers won the Grey Cup in 2019. The city plans to redesign the intersection without reopening it to pedestrians. An aerial shot of people marching through an intersection.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.5373983.1682116551!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/bombers-parade-p-and-m.jpg)
Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham made it official Friday morning and announced his desire to reopen Portage and Main to pedestrians by summer 2025.