Daily Archive for August 16th, 2006

Buses stretch bylaw, back up traffic

From Niagara This Week:

Council is going to investigate keeping chartered motor coaches from stopping in front of hotels, plugging up major roadways leading in and out of the tourist area, while they unload their passengers.

Buses stopping in front of hotels on streets like Stanley Avenue have been causing problems for municipal parking bylaw enforcers off and on for years, said Karl Dren, the city’s manager of traffic and parking services. But while bus drivers are giving passengers the shortest walk possible in to hotel lobbies, it’s backing up traffic in one of the busiest areas of the city.

$300M Resort Expansion Planned for Niagara Falls

From Commercial Property News:

Grand Niagara Resort Inc., a partnership that owns and operates a new golf course in Niagara Falls, Ontario, is planning a C$300 million expansion of the facility. At its completion, scheduled for 2010, the 800-acre complex will include another golf course, a Hilton hotel, conference facility, time-share condos, homesites, a winery and a pair of manmade lakes.