Name change recommended for section of Parkside Drive South

By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on August 30, 2022.

Herald photo by Al Beeber The Civic Works Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council will be asked on Thursday to consider the name of a section Parkside Drive South.

LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com

The Civic Works Standing Policy Committee of Lethbridge city council will be asked on Sept. 1 to consider changing the name of part of Parkside Drive South.

Senior subdivision planner Janet Gutsell will make a presentation to the SPC that states the Planning and Design department of the City supports renaming the southeast section of Parkside Drive to Exhibition Way South.

The submission which will be addressed by the SPC says “the curved roadway configuration for Parkside Drive South has resulted in an ad hoc approach to the addressing of City assets in Henderson Park and on the Exhibition site over the years. With the redevelopment of the Exhibition site and building a new facility, an influx of addressing requests for construction permitting exposed this ad hoc approach and a lack of numerically sequential available addresses.”

The submission says administration proposed to the Exhibition that renaming the north/south portion of Parkside Drive would be an option to update addresses moving forward.

“The renaming of this street presents the opportunity to highlight the significance of the Exhibition and will coincide with the Exhibition’s branding for their new facility.”

No residences would be impacted by the street name change.

The Civic Works SPC consists of chair Acting Mayor Belinda Crowson, vice-chair councillor Nick Paladino and councillors John Middleton-Hope and Ryan Parker.

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