Removal of Temporary Downtown Patios Begins November 2

Peterborough, ON – Temporary downtown patios will be removed starting Monday, November 2 to prepare sidewalks and roads for winter snow clearing operations. 

Restaurants and other businesses that have temporary patios on city-owned lands, including sidewalks and on-street parking next to their businesses, should remove all patio furniture by the end of the day on Sunday, November 1.  

The expanded patio spaces were installed in May. During patio season, Hunter Street West between George Street North and Aylmer Street was temporarily transformed into a one-lane, one-way street to add more patio and pedestrian space in the café district.   

With the removal of the expanded patio areas, Hunter Street West between George Street North and Aylmer Street will return to a two-lane, two-way street.  

This was the seventh summer that the City put in place temporary changes to the downtown public spaces to allow for more patio and pedestrian space.