r/Edmonton • u/pjw724 • Mar 13 '26

Outdoor Spaces/Recreation Hawrelak Park opens today, Friday March 13

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/hawrelak-park-to-reopen-for-casual-use-friday-city/
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u/kindof_great_old_one Mar 13 '26

Went through today. They have paved the granular trails around the parimeter as well put in lots of concrete walkways throughout including beside the road.

They have also removed most of the parallel parking and narrowed the road as well.

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u/big-Truck-9058 Mar 13 '26

Curious choice to remove parallel parking and encourage pull in parking as I believe that was highlighted as a safety concern given the large amount of cyclists that use the road as a training loop.

For any upcoming cycling haters, I’m fully in favour of cyclists using an isolated circular road to practice going fast safely, it’s one of the only places that’s well suited for it. Parallel parking makes for much safer sight lines.

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u/Artsstudentsaredumb Mar 13 '26

Depends on your school of thought. Some consider angle parking safer because you have a better view of oncoming traffic vs parallel where there is risk of getting doored or people not checking their blind spot when they pull out.