A key milestone in the proposed second phase of light rail has been reached with the Notice of Completion of the City's Environmental Project Report required by the Province as part of the Transit Project Assessment Process. In lay language, that means a public comment period opened on September 29 with an opportunity for members of the public to provide feedback to the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change at Queen's Park.
Comments are due on October 31.
From the project website:
While we can’t devote as much time to it as we’d like given more pressing ward priorities, I and my music lovin’ and playin’ staff continue to advocate for making Ottawa a great music city. I wanted to take this opportunity to update residents on a couple of recent items on that front.
Last Tuesday night, residents, the Champlain Park Community Association and I met at the field house to discuss the potential to close the stretch of Pontiac between Cowley and Carleton. It was a very well-attended meeting with dozens of residents, and I appreciated the respectful and productive discussion. I’ll take this opportunity to provide an update on what I’m thinking, and some follow-up steps I’ve taken.
Note of Public Meeting for
404 Eden Ave
Wednesday, October 12, 2016 7:00-8:30pm
Churchill Senior's Centre - upper Townhall room
In preparation for both the 2015 and 2016 budgets, Councillors Chernushenko, Fleury, McKenney, Nussbaum and I held consultations with residents to get a better sense of their priorities - and the funding options - for the municipal budget. This year, in the interest of moving the three priorities about which we heard more than any others forward, we are focusing our budget consultation on the "how" rather than the "what". See the details in the posters below.
In months past, I've asked for your help to analyze what's happening at the corners of Harmer/Wellington and Island Park/Byron, which have been highlighted to me as problematic. Another corner about which I frequently hear is West Wellington and Rosemount/Carruthers - an odd dog-leg of an intersection. I filmed it from roughly 3:05 (Connaught bell) to 4:30 on a weekday afternoon.
Yesterday, I was pleased to join my colleagues Councillors Brockington, Chernushenko, Fleury, McKenney and Nussbaum in writing to Ministers Mauro and Naqvi with our perspective on the reforming the Ontario Municipal Board. Take a look at the letter in English or French.
One of the hot topics of conversation right now is the Prince of Wales Bridge closure. As many residents have seen, on Tuesday four new chain link gates were installed to prevent access to the bridge, and at least one of those has already been damaged. I’d like to take this opportunity to address how we got to this point, and where we go from here.
Consultation
Community discussion on the permanent closure of Pontiac St (between Carleton Ave & Cowley Ave)
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 7:30pm
Champlain Park Field House (Champlain Park)
I am heading out mid-day today to hand-drop a notification to residents of some upcoming night work. Here is the letter I'm distributing:
Dear resident,
I have recently concurred with a noise exemption to work at night on the light rail site between Tunney’s Pasture and Merton Street inside the Transitway trench.