Planning the Hydrostone: Streets

The streets in the Hydrostone neighbourhood were planned as a five-level system:



• arterial - Gottingen Street (now Novalea Drive)
• major collector - Duffus and Young Streets, intersecting Gottingen Street at north and south ends of neighbourhood
• minor collector - Isleville Street (previously North Creighton Street) connects Young and Duffus and gives access to nine local streets of Hydrostone
• local streets
• service lanes




Map of Hydrostone neighbourhood





The local streets are narrow, twenty-foot wide, one-way, residential only, and separated by boulevard courts. Their sidewalks are unhindered by driveways, nor are there any unsightly utility poles, as street lighting is provided by underground conduit.





A narrow, one-way Hydrostone residential street





The service lanes are located to the rear of each of the residential and commercial blocks. The driveways located there, along with service vehicles access, telephone and power poles, sewer and water services.





View along a service lane

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This document was last modified on October 24, 2000.