Hagersville Streetscape Plan

8 Summary
and Conclusions
The Hagersville Streetscape Plan builds upon the 2010
Haldimand County Streetscape Plan and Urban Design
Guidelines, which provided a general streetscape design
concept for five of the County’s urban communities. These
general concepts provided the higher level direction, or “Big
Moves”, that would guide the detailed streetscape design
exercise that would occur for each of the five communities.
Haldimand County retained GSP Group to undertake the
detailed streetscape plan for Hagersville in July 2010.
A cornerstone of the Hagersville Streetscape Plan was a public
walking tour and design workshop that was held in October
2010. These public sessions brought together a number of
different interests (residents, property owners, business
owners) which added to the value of the input generated.
Arising from the public workshop a series of 12 “key messages”
were received by the project team, which significantly informed
the subsequent design stages of the Streetscape Plan. These
key messages were:
1. Better integrate the Haldimand County building with
the surrounding intersection and the key corner
buildings.
2. Reinforce the King Street and Main Street
intersection as the principal intersection within the
area.
3. Strengthen the pedestrian nature of the other
secondary intersections within the area, along King
Street then Main Street.
4. Reconfigure the circulation routes and spaces within
‘Market Square’ to improve its functioning.
5. Strengthen the edges of ‘Market Square’ abutting the
surrounding public streets.
6. Define and green the edges of parking lots facing the
public streets through plantings on the public/private
interface of these properties.
7. Establish an identity for downtown Hagersville
through physical improvements that builds on the
community’s rural, agriculture and historic roots.
8. Preserve the existing supply of public parking in the
area (on‐street and off‐street) when making any
improvements to the streets and spaces.
9. Enhance the overall signage program through new
additions of wayfinding, street name, and
commemorative signage.
10. Improve the physical condition of sidewalks in the
area through replacement, reconstruction and
maintenance.
11. Strengthen the entrances to downtown Hagersville
with features that highlight the community identity.
12. Better educate and inform property and business
owners as to appropriate improvements and
materials.
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