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lindenleader
october
2003
Acacia Avenue Rehabilitation
Acacia, between Beechwood and Maple, is scheduled for a major
rehabilitation in 2004. Readers will recall that this corridor
presented special design difficulties because of the existing
tight constraints. The design, which was developed, was presented
to the community at a meeting in the Lindenlea Community Centre
during the evening of June 16th. The design proposed maintaining
the existing roadway width of 8.0 metres and completing the
sidewalk network on the west side from Beechwood to Maple. The
width of the sidewalk was set at a sub-standard 1.5 metres due to
the nature of this corridor. A few retaining walls on the west
side will have to be moved back slightly. These will be fully
reinstated at the same or at an enhanced standard (homeowner’s
discretion) in all cases. Staff has worked very hard to arrive at
a proposal that minimized disruption to the existing appearance
that property owners have strived to create over the years. The
design appeared to have succeeded in receiving general acceptance.
The geometry of the Rideau Terrace/Acacia intersection will be
modified to eliminate the right-turn ramp (when progressing south
on Acacia) as its functioning has caused safety concerns. The
suggestion of connecting the new sidewalk on Acacia with the
existing sidewalk along Rideau Terrace at Lambton is being
examined by city staff.
Official Plan (OP) & Transportation Master Plan (TMP)
Residents may have noticed articles in the media indicating that a
request by some developers to have the urban boundary, which is an
important aspect of the Official Plan, set aside by cabinet,
appears to have fallen on deaf ears. This is not to suggest that
there will not be appeals by those same organisations before the
Ontario Municipal Board (OMB). I expect that the Official Plan
still has some significant hurdles to overcome, but at least they
would appear to involve processes that are open to public
scrutiny. In the meantime, Council has now approved its
Transportation Master Plan (TMP). The TMP is a crucial component
of the OP as it makes it possible to ‘operationalize’ the approach
to urban development contained in the OP.
You can communicate with me at (please include a telephone
number):
City of Ottawa
110 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa ON K1P 1J1
Tel: 580-2483, Fax: 580-2523
e-mail:
jacques.legendre@ottawa.ca
Web Site:
www.rideau-rockcliffe.com
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