Expanded Downtown Patio Spaces Removed Starting Oct. 18

The City of Peterborough is removing the expanded downtown patio spaces starting Oct. 18 to prepare sidewalks and roads for winter snow-clearing operations announced on Monday.

The expanded patio spaces were installed in June throughout downtown. Photo courtesy of the City of Peterborough.

Any businesses with temporary patios on sidewalks and in on-street parking next to their businesses are having their patio furniture removed by end of Oct. 17. The removal of the fencing and large planters starts the following day.

Hunter Street between George and Aylmer Street returns to a two-lane, two-way street. During the summer, that section was temporarily one lane, westbound one-way street for more patio and pedestrian space.

This was the third consecutive summer for the downtown patios. The additional space supports people who may want to be outside during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The City provided the space for downtown businesses and visitors is another way to support businesses that are recovering from the disruptions caused by the pandemic as stated in their press release.

Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area partnered with the City to maintain the plants in the large planters with the patio spaces.

Peterborough Public Health was consulted by the City for input on the temporary downtown public space changes.

The City coordinated the installation of road murals and artist gardens as part of the Renaissance on Hunter public art project for extra vibrancy.

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