Posted Apr 6, 2008, 2:21 PM
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National Capital Region
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Eastern Ontario
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Greenbelt road OK'd
Patrick Dare, The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Sunday, April 06, 2008
A little bit of Ottawa's Greenbelt will be sacrificed so that Barrhaven can be directly linked to the South Merivale Business Park, which is the new home of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The National Capital Commission's board of directors approved the extension of Longfields Drive to connect with Bill Leathem Drive in the business park. The NCC says the road will be limited to two lanes, with room for bicycle traffic, so that continued farming can take place in the area. The project will mean the loss of 2.8 hectares of Greenbelt. The city is expected to start building the road in June. When it approved the road, the NCC also noted it is starting a three-year review of its master plan for the Greenbelt.
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