Kitchissippi Ward

Office of Councillor Jeff Leiper

  • Commanda bridge closure

    No surprise to me, City staff confirmed to Council this week that the Chief William Commanda Bridge will be closed again this winter. My disappointment is likely different from your disappointment, though, and I want to take a moment to retrace the steps that got us to this point. The bridge was not designed to…

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  • 1950 Scott Street – Rezoning – Open House

    The City of Ottawa has received a Zoning By-Law Amendment application to facilitate the construction of a 22 storey mixed-use building and associated underground parking for 1950 Scott Street, 312 Clifton Road and 314 Clifton Road.  The site represents a land assembly that includes a vacant 1.5 storey building used previously by the Buddhist Progress…

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  • CMHC Ottawa housing tracker

    Find the most recent nationwide CMHC reporting here.

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  • Potential warming centre at Kitchissippi United

    Multiple parents and community members have been writing to me about the potential use by the City to operate an overnight warming shelter at Kitchissippi United. I worked yesterday afternoon and last night to get up to speed. Parents at the Ottawa Children’s Montessori school (a tenant at Kitchissippi United) and some community members have…

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  • Spencer park design

    My office has fielded a number of questions about the new park at Spencer/Huron and I’m happy to say we now have a shareable version of the final design, which I’ve posted below. I’m also cognizant that I haven’t broadly shared my preference for a park name. My thanks go to everyone who made a…

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  • Pole position

    Good evening, Kitchissippi. This evening a story ran in the Ottawa Citizen about the traffic pole that is – for the moment – smack dab in the middle of the new cycle track. This was a Reddit discussion this weekend and today we confirmed that the configuration is temporary, and it will be moved next…

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