Are you concerned about light rail coming to the Byron-Richmond corridor?
Now's your chance to get all of city council to listen up.
There will be a special council meeting on Thursday, July 14 starting at 9:30am.
To register to speak, send an email to:councildelegations@ottawa.ca
They'll send you a confirmation email and a designated time.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
What Light Rail would look like on Byron:The City's options
The drawings and proposals for light rail on the Byron-Richmond corridor are not posted to the City of Ottawa's website pages on the western link, but they are publicly available on demand as part of a May 2011 assessment.
There is an artist's interpretation of what the different options would look like.
Some of what is interesting from the plans:
-Both above grade and underground options are included
-There appear to be options for stations at both Cleary and somewhere around Mansfield or Westminster.
Check out the document here:
Western LRT Corridor Planning & Environmental Assessment Study
There is an artist's interpretation of what the different options would look like.
Some of what is interesting from the plans:
-Both above grade and underground options are included
-There appear to be options for stations at both Cleary and somewhere around Mansfield or Westminster.
Check out the document here:
Western LRT Corridor Planning & Environmental Assessment Study
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Ottawa Citizen Editorial on western light rail corridor
The Citizen recently gave a boost to the Carling Avenue route, while also suggesting it might be time to rethink the entire idea of the western extension.
Ottawa Citizen editorial
Ottawa Citizen editorial
Monday, June 20, 2011
Where you can read more about the city's plans
If you would like to know what the City of Ottawa has been saying about Byron Avenue as a potential route for light rail, they have a Website.
Western Corridor Light Rail Transit Environmental Assessment
You can see in the "Presentation and Open House Summary" area, that the city is not ruling out having an ABOVE GRADE train in the western corridor. They are also considering two new stations on a Byron/Richmond Road corridor.
Some questions they did not address:
Where would the stations be placed?
Would the homes around the train feel vibrations? Will our foundations be impacted?
What would the sound level be like around our homes?
What would the traffic impact be?
Western Corridor Light Rail Transit Environmental Assessment
You can see in the "Presentation and Open House Summary" area, that the city is not ruling out having an ABOVE GRADE train in the western corridor. They are also considering two new stations on a Byron/Richmond Road corridor.
Some questions they did not address:
Where would the stations be placed?
Would the homes around the train feel vibrations? Will our foundations be impacted?
What would the sound level be like around our homes?
What would the traffic impact be?
City of Ottawa down to two options on Light Rail extension, and Byron is one of them!
The City of Ottawa has been talking about a WESTERN CORRIDOR of their light rail plan for years, and Byron Avenue has always been thrown around as a possibility.
Now that possibility is nearly a probability, after the National Capital Commission (NCC) nixed the city's request for light rail on the OTTAWA RIVER PARKWAY.
See the CBC's story here on the NCC's rejection
This leaves only Byron Avenue and Carling Avenue as options for the western part of the light rail project.
The "Save the Parkway" people have had their say, it's time for the residents of McKellar Park and other areas around Byron Avenue to be heard. To date, there has been no organized group specifically arguing against Byron Avenue as an option.
Now that possibility is nearly a probability, after the National Capital Commission (NCC) nixed the city's request for light rail on the OTTAWA RIVER PARKWAY.
See the CBC's story here on the NCC's rejection
This leaves only Byron Avenue and Carling Avenue as options for the western part of the light rail project.
The "Save the Parkway" people have had their say, it's time for the residents of McKellar Park and other areas around Byron Avenue to be heard. To date, there has been no organized group specifically arguing against Byron Avenue as an option.
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