Lila Wagner wishes Saskatoon Transit had stuck to its original plan for bus-only lanes downtown.

But she’s happy overall to see the $250-million Link transit transformation moving forward, including the plan for bus-only lanes as part of a significant redesign of First Avenue.

Wagner, who belongs to the transit advocacy group Bus Riders of Saskatoon, attended an open house Thursday that included renderings of the proposed roadway after traffic lanes and parking spaces are eliminated to make way for the bus expressways in both directions.

“I think [Third Avenue] would have been a better option, but that’s what they’ve done,” Wagner said Thursday. “So that’s where we’re going, is with First Avenue.”

City hall had originally proposed bus-only lanes on Third Avenue, but opposition from d

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