For many downtown workers the day starts with looping around a parkade before parking and walking to work. For those using the Broughton Street Parkade, however, an extra lap B次元官网网址揳nd locating the nearest stairwell or elevatorB次元官网网址� has been necessary since a main stairwell has continually closed and reopened over the past six weeks.
Stairwell number five opens to a plaza off of Blanshard Street. In October, extensive renovations of the plaza saw the installation of a garden and new benches, but the stairwell remained closed.
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The week after the garden opened, the stairwell finally opened. Fresh paint and patches along the wall could be observed, but within 24 hours the familiar stench of urine and garbage were back on scene.
Since then, the stairwell has closed and opened several times, with a sign posted that there was B次元官网网址渨et paintB次元官网网址�, and a map indicating the nearest alternative route.
B次元官网网址淭he stairwell was closed for an extended period recently to effect repairs as part of the overall project,B次元官网网址� said Bill Eisenhauer, head of engagement at the City of Victoria, which manages the parkade though the province owns it.
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B次元官网网址淭he wet weather earlier in the month caused some delays. Progress continues to be made, and itB次元官网网址檚 now quite close to completion.B次元官网网址�
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Eisenhauer noted that there have only been three closures; the main one and the two sets of days in the past two weeks.
B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 possible it may have appeared to folks that there were more closures or been confusion, when the project team opened the stairwell during the project on weekends,B次元官网网址� he said. B次元官网网址� The work was not always done Monday-Friday, so the stairwell may have been open some weekdays and then closed on weekend.B次元官网网址�
The project will apparently wrap up in the near future, though no official date was available upon publication.
Until then, a few more steps can be logged for downtown workers.
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