But don't expect to be able to ride along at high speeds, as you can usually do on other major streets in the city. At least not on a weekend afternoon in the summer. Definitely not a street for would-be road racers.
Restaurants take advantage of the wide sidewalk in front of their establishments to set up tables.
Across the narrow carriageway are three stepped sidewalks leading up to the wide pedestrian promenade in the centre of which are shade trees planted in two parallel rows. The raised promenade allows people strolling beside the low wall and steel tube handrail at its southern edge to enjoy the view over the Old Port and the river. The conceptual plan was adopted by the City in 1991. The project was realised beginning in the summer of 1991 by the Public Works Department of the City according to the working drawings produced by the newly-formed Urban Projects Bureau, under the direction of architect Alan Knight. The project did not proceed without numerous controversies and internal battles that persisted even after completion of the work.