While businesses work to recover from the economic impacts of the pandemic, summer patios will once again be gracing sidewalks in the Barrie, Ont., downtown core.

Barrie city council has voted to extend patio hours on city property until Nov. 30 in order to support the restaurant industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Businesses that are affected by the downtown Barrie streetscape project are allowed to reopen their patios once the paving is finished in that area and when the city notifies them that they can.