News & Announcements

In February 2018, Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments were approved for 979 Wellington Street West.

You may recall that the City of Ottawa has received Official Plan and Zoning By-law Amendment applications to permit offices and diplomatic missions to allow the development of embassies.

Please note that the City has received a revised submission for the proposed development at 403 Richmond Rd. 

The major change is an additional setpback was added after the 7th floor to avoid a canyon-like affect on Richmond Rd. The top level amenisty room was also setback 3.0 metres from the Roosevelt edge to reduce the visbility of this level.

The updated plans are now available on DevApps:

Councillors Jeff Leiper, Catherine McKenney and Shawn Menard have some good news: Carling Avenue will soon have seasonal bicycle lanes extending from Sherwood Avenue to Cambridge Street South. Traffic cones will be set up along this stretch to separate bicyclists from cars, trucks and buses. These lanes will also provide an extra buffer for pedestrians, who will no longer be forced to walk right beside speeding traffic.

For those following the progress of the Laroche Park community building renewal and remediation project, you may be pleased to hear that construction will begin soon. Please see the below information from the City:

Laroche Park 2021

Parks Planning and Facilities Services City of Ottawa, is pleased to announce the tender for the Laroche Park and Community Building Renewal Project has been awarded to Laurin Group.

As part of the Sherwood Drive Traffic Calming Study, the City will be carrying out a trial closure of Kenilworth Street at Sherwood Drive/Fairmont Avenue. The trial closure will consist of a few concrete planter boxes. Cyclist and pedestrian access will be maintained.

Over the coming weeks, an Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-Law Amendment will be filed, seeking to permit an 18 storey mixed-use building with ground floor retail space fronting Wellington Street West, and a publicly accessible open space at the corner of Parkdale and Wellington Street. The Official Plan Amendment would seek to amend the Wellington Street West Secondary Plan while the Zoning By-law Amendment would address site-specific performance standards, including building height.

This morning, Councillors McKenney, Kavanagh and I wrote to the Prime MInister, our Members of Parliament and the National Capital Commission to request that they commence an Indigenous-led process to re-name the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. Read our letter attached as the .pdf below.