A protected bike lane will be temporarily set up on Woolwich Street between Macdonell and Wyndham streets Sept. 13 to 20. | City of Guelph graphic

Some changes are coming downtown later this week.

From Sept. 13 through to Sept. 20, the City of Guelph is demonstrating what it is calling a "complete street concept," on Woolwich Street between Macdonell and Wyndham streets.

The concept will be “a safe, accessible and sustainable road design that accommodates all modes of transportation including walking, driving, cycling and public transit,” according to a post on the city’s website.

During this one-week span, this stretch of Woolwich will see the parking lane on the south side of the road temporarily converted into protected bike lanes, and bicycle crossrides will be temporarily added to the intersections at Macdonell and Wyndham.

“Planning for the future of transportation in Guelph gives us an exciting opportunity to reimagine the way we distribute road space to ensure all road users can move around our city freely,” states Terry Gayman, the city’s acting general manager of engineering and transportation services, in the same post.

“Our community plan tells us that active, sustainable transportation is important for our community, and testing this complete street concept on one of our vibrant downtown roads allows us to collect real-time feedback about one potential solution to meet our evolving transportation needs.”

City staff will be hosting an event to open the temporary changes on Friday, Sept. 13, from noon to 2 p.m. outside the Sleeman Centre at 50 Woolwich St.

In the event of rain, this will be moved to Monday.

The one-week test is a part of the city’s consultations for a new transportation master plan, which will guide how Guelphites make their way around the city in the future.