Roads/Bridges projects/issues
As for guidelines reasons, I've started a thread about our Roads and bridges split out with the public transit and metro. I don't that each road project should have it's own article, as there would be like 20+ such page, although the new interprovincial bridge can have it's own if anyone agrees
Let's see the rundown of roads projects recently built, approved, under consultation or under construction (not include all those from the original TMP) Kanata/Stittsville Terry Fox Drive : Extension to Eagleson (2008) and Kanata North completed (2011) Eagleson Road : Widening through Bridlewood under consultation (unsure of when it will start Hazeldean Road : Widening between Kanata and Stitsville completed (2012) Campeau Drive : Under consultation for all current existant segment with possible future extensions to the west Hwy 417 : Widened from 3 (including OC lane) to 4 lanes in each direction including one carpooling lane from Hwy 416 to the west. Other areas widening possible throughout the city core. Huntmar Road : Extended to Hazeldean Road (2009) Hwy 7 : Widening from 2 to 4 lanes underway between Carleton Place and Stittsville/Hwy 417 (completed 2007-2012) Hope Side Road : Proposed extension from Richmond Road to Hunt Club March Road: Widening from Morgan's Grant to Klondike (completed 2012), future widening up to Dunrobin Road curve. Stonehaven Drive: Widening through Bridlewood (was mentionned in 2012 budget - though not done yet) Carp Road: Proposed widening from the 417 to Hazeldean (unknown date) Barrhaven/Riverside South Woodroffe Avenue :Widened from Hunt Club to just south of Strandherd Road (2005-2008) Fallowfield Road : Widened from Greenbank to Woodroffe, past consultations - proposed widening from Woodroffe to Prince of Wales Merivale Road : Past consultations - Proposed widening from Slack to at least Fallowfield Strandherd Road : Widening process completed from Marketplace to Woodroffe (2008), extended to Prince of Wales (2012), future widening to Fallowfield Greenbank Road : From Berrigan to future developments south of the Jock River under consultation with possible realignment near the Jock River Prince of Wales Drive : EA study started, future public consultations, no date for completion Hunt Club Bridge : Bridge rehabilitation some widening Limebank Road/Riverside Drive : Widened between Hunt Club and Earl Armstrong (2010-2012). River Road : future widening south of Limebank (according to a Steve Desroches Council Note on the Ottawa South Weekender), likely from Limebank to Earl Armstrong Earl Armstrong Road :Widening between River Road and Limebank (2012) . Future extension towards Bank Street. Strandherd - Armstrong Bridge : bridge under construction completion in 2013 Jockvale Road/Longfields Drive : On-going EA assessment for future widening and re-alignment throughout Stonebridge, no date. Longfields Connector completed (2011) Longfields Drive : Extended to RCMP headquarters (2011) Cambrian Road : Future interchange at Hwy 416, no dates + widening from 416 and points east according to TMP Bank Street: Future widening from Leitrim to Rideau Road (unknown date) Airport Parkway: Proposed Widening from Heron to the Airport (been on and off the TMP) Orleans/Cumberland Innes Road : Widened from Orleans Blvd to Trim Road Mer Bleue Road : Widened from Innes Road to about 500 meters south, proposed until Renaud Road Belcourt Blvd: New 4-lane road from Innes to Navan Road (unsure of when it will be constructed Tenth Line Road : Widen from Innes to Brian Coburn (2010-2011) Brian Coburn: West and east extension to Mer Bleue (eventually to Navan Road) to Trim Hwy 174 : Portions widening from the 417 eastward between the 417 and Montreal Road, widening project (2 to 4 lanes) approved (province and federal) from Trim to Rockland - funding rejected by the city, though could be reconsidered Hunt Club-Innes connector: Under construction from Hawthorne to the 417 (2011-2014) Hunt Club Road : Future interchange at Hwy 417 (2012-2014) Gatineau Boul des Allumettieres : Completion of the gap between Saint-Raymond and Lac des Fees (opened in December 2007) Highway 50 : completion of the gap between Gatineau and Lachute (2012) Highway 5: Extension to Wakefield (2013) Montee Paiement : Recent widening project completed from Maloney to La Verendrye Alonzo Wright Bridge : Future widening project, date of completion not officially known Interprovincial bridge between Gatineau and Ottawa at an unknown location but the Kettle Island has been the most popular option Pink Road: Future widening from Le Plateau to Vanier Road (unknown date) Boulevard Le Plateau: Completed gaps from Vanier to Saint-Raymond (2012) Boulevard La Verendrye: Completion of gaps from Labrosse to Lorrain (unknown date) |
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Here's the city's page about the Prince of Wales EA - there will be consultations/meetings during the next year.
http://www.ottawa.ca/residents/publi.../index_en.html Here's also the Report template on this project http://www.ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa...E-POL-0029.htm |
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Looks like the roads people are at it again. I can understand the Hunt Club - 417 extension/interchange, since that turn at Hawthorne and Hunt Club is ridiculous. But what is served by Phase 2 that can't be served by the 417 or a combination of Russell and Hawthorne roads once Phase 1 is in place? They don't even connect the northern end to Blair Rd. It also looks like a convenient excuse to close down the CPR RoW and thereby make future LRT heading that way more expensive as well. |
Staff report on the Innes-Walkley-Hunt Club connector... appendixes don't seem to work as of this posting..
Total cost of the project is $104 million (2007 dollars) - About $15 million/KM Hope Side Road extension EA Statement of Work http://ottawa.ca/calendar/ottawa/cit...s/image002.jpg |
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Premier rejects bridge funding
Ken Gray The Ottawa Citizen Friday, November 23, 2007 Premier Dalton McGuinty has unequivocally refused provincial funding for the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge because the province believes it is not transit-friendly. CREDIT: Chris Mikula, The Ottawa Citizen Premier Dalton McGuinty has unequivocally refused provincial funding for the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge because the province believes it is not transit-friendly. Money for the giant Strandherd-Armstrong bridge has struck a major roadblock. In fact, it is because the span is a road bridge that the project is in jeopardy. The province will not release funding, designated for a city's scrapped light-rail project, to build the bridge. "The $200 million is for public transit and not for a bridge," said Jane Almeida, Premier Dalton McGuinty's spokeswoman. The province does not see the bridge as a public transit project, she added. The Strandherd-Armstrong project, to join those two roads across the Rideau River in Ottawa's south end, is a huge undertaking. Its $105-million price tag is roughly the same as a bridge across the Ottawa River. That dollar tally is about half the price of building Scotiabank Place, the largest private construction project in eastern Ontario during the 1990s. The city has tried to entice the premier into funding the bridge by saying that it would handle light rail or buses. That said, municipal plans for light rail are sketchy at best and most any city bridge carries buses. One way or the other, the premier's office isn't biting and its response is unequivocal. The Strandherd bridge isn't getting provincial money, period. And that's trouble for the project. The city was counting on the three levels of government sharing the cost equally. So what is this all about? It is Mr. McGuinty reasserting his green credentials while pushing the city into building rail rather than a hodge-podge of road and bus projects. The premier wants a large rail development. He told a Citizen editorial board meeting he wants the city to think big. Mr. McGuinty's environmental credibility took a beating during the election campaign. In an effort to win votes in the east end, the premier approved expanding Highway 174 to four lanes all the way to Rockland. That increases urban sprawl by making it easier to drive long distances from Ottawa to commute. Accordingly, those cars burn more fuel and contribute to global warming. Furthermore, widening the freeway is ineffective. All those new cars are just going to pile up at the Highway 417-174 split. You know the project was anti-green because the city and the federal government immediately endorsed it. It is disgusting that light rail in this town is highly controversial while a freeway extension is approved in a few months. At least it gives the east end the same opportunity to be brown as the west end with its freeway extensions on highways 7 and 417. The decision also makes one wonder if the three levels of government are serious about dealing with the environment and, in particular, climate change. If the freeway expansions in Ottawa are examples, our governments just don't care. They want votes, not clean air. With the Strandherd bridge decision, Mr. McGuinty has an opportunity to draw a line in the sand on the environment. Let's stop building roads and embrace transit. But politicians have been endorsing projects that smack of the 1950s. One wonders how high gas prices will need to escalate before commuters abandon highways 416, 417, 7, and 174. That the Strandherd project is endorsed by Nepean-Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre, a Conservative who has been a burr under the Liberal saddle, would add to Mr. McGuinty's strong rejection of the project. Mr. Poilievre has been trying to speed the bridge plan. That has long been a Conservative position. Let's build roads for our voters in the suburbs. It works in the 905 area around Toronto, why not in Ottawa's suburbs? And Mr. McGuinty owes the Conservatives one. After all, the federal Conservatives set in motion the process that saw the $919-million light-rail project killed. In contrast, the rail plan was heartily endorsed by former Liberal mayor Bob Chiarelli and Mr. McGuinty. Nor is the premier beholden to Mayor Larry O'Brien because he voted against the rail project and contributed to its downfall. Mr. McGuinty's Strandherd decision shows the chickens are coming home to roost. In all, if this is a sign that the premier is going to support green urban planning in his home town, then his decision on the Strandherd-Armstrong bridge is the right thing to do. |
Nice. I don't know how Dalton McGuinty could be more explicit other than coming right out and telling Ottawa City Council to give him something worthwhile and ambitious. I think the city almost seems too reluctant to ask for money, while the province is practically begging them to give them something to spend money on.
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This bridge will only be done if there is a rapid transit corridor, otherwise forget it.
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Dalton McGuinty has hinted very heavily that if the city was to send forth an ambitious plan, the provincial government would give them money!!! :rolleyes: I am so sick and tired of this city's lack of vision and cowardice when it comes to spending money and asking for money on worthwhile projects! :hell: |
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Does this really surprise anybody after Dalton's recent announcement? Meanwhile, Ottawa taxpayers are in the middle of this political game that has been going on for more than a year. |
Jeez, so much for Harper's government being green... :rolleyes:
I flip the bird at Baird and tip my hat to Dalton. If ONLY someone would get some vision and ask for Federal adn Provincial funding for the new LRT Urbandale line so that we can extend it into Barrhaven AND have the transit lanes on the bridge... :rolleyes: |
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I have to give credit McGuinty for trying to put the brakes on the project until rapid transit will be included inside of only having the bridge to promote further suburban sprawl. |
I just reflect on the previous article and the cost of the bridge being half of Scotiabank Place.
Are we mad to agree to build this for cars only? |
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Yes, it will make Riverside South a more desirable location for suburbanites but it's not like it will take potential homeowners away from urban locations. Rather it will draw those people who might choose to buy in the new developments in West Kanata/Stittsville or Orleans which would all be further from the core city. |
Well, it is official. The $35M announcement today for the Strandherd Bridge will be deducted from the $200M federal transit funding.
The Conservatives seem a little less green after this announcement. And the political sparring continues. Although the Strandherd Bridge is a critical link in the southend, let's do it right and incorporate rapid transit into the bridge, as originally planned. We are now approaching $100 per barrel oil. It is time to think of the future and include transit in all our major new bridge projects. |
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I say put transit on it, or forget it. BTW: The cost of the actual bridge is about $40M. I think the $105 million cost also includes the extension of Strandherd from Crestway to Price of Wales, and the widening of Earl Armstrong from River Road to Limebank, in addition to the actual bridge and its approaches. There's no way you can call THAT "transit". It's purely a road project, plain and simple. |
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