The proposed Osborne Street bridge and its effect on St. Vital, Manitoba

• Main Author: De Vries, William
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/5351

The future development of St. Vital is largely dependent on Metropolitan Winnipeg's plans for expansion. One provision of the Metropolitan Corporation of Greater Winnipeg, as outlined in its Draft Development Plan of 1963, is a new bridge at the south end of Osborne Street across the Red River into St. Vital. The proposed Osborne Street Bridge is expected to be of benefit to both St. Vital and Winnipeg, but is not expected to change the relationship between them. The first part of this thesis will endeavor to investigate the effects, good and bad, which will probably result from the construction of the proposed bridge. The last chapter has been devoted to a specific proposal, which it is felt would improve the bridge project and would allow the City of St. Vital to create a center of activity for its citizens. Since the submission of the thesis topic, the bridge has been officially named 'The St. Vital Bridge' by the Metropolitan Winnipeg Council but shall herein be referred to as the proposed Osborne Street Bridge. On choosing the thesis topic, it so seemed that the Osborne Street Bridge was to be the leading item of discussion. Meanwhile it has proven necessary to place much more emphasis than originally intended on the City of St. Vital and its development early in the thesis. Consequently, it has been suggested that St. Vital should be mentioned first in the thesis title. Due to the difficulties involved in changing the original title after its initial acceptance, it was deemed necessary to mention a possibly more appropriate one. This new title as it would have been amended is: ST. VITAL, MANITOBA AND HOW IT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED OSBORNE STREET BRIDGE