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City of Vancouver shut three blocks of Water Street in Gastown to vehicles for three months in July and August .
Businesses were down 32 per cent when the pilot project ended and traffic returned Sept. 5 .
But others liked the pedestrian zone pilot.
City council voted to bring it back for the summer of 2025 , with one change — Water Street will close to traffic on weekends only.
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