21 Jan 2021

Downtown trucks – learn about the issue and the position of the 2021 Board of Directors

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­Learn About the Issue Since the Macdonald-Cartier bridge was constructed in 1967, King Edward Avenue, Rideau, Waller, and Nicholas streets (KERWN) have become a major interprovincial truck route.  This has had significant negative impacts along this corridor and on the adjacent communities. The continued existence of a high volume of transport trucks on our roadways continues to pose … Read More

21 Jan 2021

Downtown trucks – Statement of the Board of Directors (2021)

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­Action Sandy Hill re-affirms our position that any planning for interprovincial transportation changes must prioritize solutions that remove the non-local through truck traffic from the existing KERWN corridor. This problem exists due to the lack of proper connection between the 417 and 5/50 interprovincial highway systems within the National Capital Region (NCR)  It has continued to grow and … Read More

2 Nov 2018

Future Transportation Plans (as of 2022)

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   Modifications to Chapel St to slow-down/reduce car volumes in order to make the street safer and more attractive as a cycling connection between Somserset St. E. and the Beausoleil Ave and to take advantage of planned cycling changes on Beausoleil Ave towards the Byward Market. Post-LRT changes: Implementation of raised cycle tracks on Laurier between Waller and … Read More

2 Nov 2018

Transportation Infrastructure Changes, 2010-2021

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  Following is an inventory of known changes to the road, cycling, transit, and pedestrian infrastructure inside and around the periphery of Sandy Hill since 2010.   2010-2013: Rideau St re-development: Sidewalks were widened in many places, but narrowed in a few places also (At Nelson, south side) WB right turn lane removed at Rideau/Cumberland (sidewalk widened), left turn … Read More

2 Nov 2018

Downtown Inter-provincial Truck Problem

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  Overview:  Since the Macdonald-Cartier  bridge was constructed in 1967 King Edward Ave, Rideau, and Waller streets have become a major interprovincial truck route.  This has had significant negative impacts along this corridor and on the adjacent communities.   Over the decades since multiple different initiatives were attempted to come to a solution to this problem all yielding little … Read More

2 Nov 2018

Traffic Calming

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  Slowing down of traffic in neighbourhoods is consistently one of the top issues brought up by community associations all across the City. The City has a program for neighbourhoods to request the City to study traffic speed issues in their areas however that program has such a long backlog of study requests that it could be years … Read More

1 Feb 2016

Downtown Tunnel Feasibility Study – 2016

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Downtown Tunnel:  In 2013, the City of Ottawa and the Province of Ontario agreed to a new initiative by co-funding a $750,000 engineering feasibility study for a downtown tunnel to connect Highway 417 to the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge (not a tunnel under the Ottawa River). More info: ASH Tunnel Response ASH Tunnel Letter To Mayor Watson City Tunnel Study … Read More

1 May 2013

Transportation Committee Meetings

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The ASH Transportation Committee currently works under the umbrella of the Planning and Development Committee. Transportation related topics are added to the agenda of the monthly Planning and Development Committee meetings. More information about transportation related topics affecting Sandy Hill, can be found on this website at: Transportation Topics Internal to Sandy Hill – https://ash-acs.ca/category/transportation-issues-sandy-hill/ Transportation Topics City-wide … Read More

1 Feb 2013

History – NCC Interprovincial Crossings Study (2007-2013)

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East End Interprovincial Bridge Ph 1 Study: In 2007 the NCC, the Province of Ontario and the Province of Quebec launched another comprehensive study to determine where a new interprovincial crossing should be built. Fourteen options were evaluated at twelve locations (both east and west of downtown). The NCC elected not to move forward with any options other than … Read More

24 Jan 2013

Transportation Master Plan 2013

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Underlying the planning for all of the above mentioned major projects (Downtown Tunnel and LRT plan, New Inter-provincial Bridge, Inter-provincial Transit Evolution, Road, Transit, and Cycling projects) is a single document the City calls the Transportation Master Plan. This document is updated every 5 years and contains all the assumptions in growth in population, car traffic, and transit … Read More

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