Cambridge councillor wants to Main St. shutdown year-round to boost local businesses [Video]

A Cambridge councillor wants to permanently close a section of Main Street to vehicles.

Council is expected to discuss Adam Cooper’s motion at Tuesday’s meeting, in which staff would be asked to put together a report looking at converting Main Street, between Ainslie Street and Water Street, into a pedestrian-only area.

“We’d be crazy not to expand on the overwhelming success we’ve had of the past closings during the summer,” said Cooper, the councillor for Ward 6. “We’ve got the beautiful downtown with the architecture, the cultural buildings, we’ve got the rivers, we’ve got the churches, and we’ve got the sculpture garden, horticultural garden, the theater. People are starting to come here now.”

If the motion is approved, staff would prepare a report looking at the financial implications and other impacts of creating a permanent pedestrian-only area. It would then be brought forward again at the 2025 Budget and Business …