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MANOR PARK CHRONICLE
MAI 2007
The National Capital Marathon is coming to Manor Park!
Current plans are as follows: on Sunday May 27, marathon runners
will approach Manor Park from the northern edge of MacKay Lake,
proceed down Sandridge (the 15K point on the circuit) to St.
Laurent Boulevard and then turn on Eastbourne toward Birch and
back on to Hemlock/Beechwood. The ING Ottawa Marathon caps a
weekend of races which include the ING marathon, a half-marathon
& family 2K run/walk plus the MDS Nordion 10K run and 5K
run/walk. Only the marathon is slated to go through Manor Park
on Sunday morning. It is an excellent opportunity to be an
up-close witness to outstanding local and foreign athletes doing
their best. There is also the potential for short delays
affecting local traffic during the time that runners are in the
area (between 06:45 hrs. - 11:15 hrs.). Volunteers will be on
hand to allow vehicles across the course without affecting the
race. More detailed (and more current) information can be
obtained on the race web site at
http://www.ncm.ca/index.php/en/ing.
Rehabilitation of Underground Pipes & Road Works This Summer
The City of Ottawa has identified the need for infrastructure
rehabilitation on Eastbourne Avenue (Thornwood to Dunvegan),
Dunvegan Road (Eastbourne to Farnham) and Farnham Road (Dunvegan
to Birch). The work includes:
- Replacement of the combined sewers with new separated storm
and sanitary sewers;
- Replacement of the watermain;
- Replacement of the residential service pipes within the
municipal road allowance; and,
- Reconstruction of the asphalt surface.
On Thursday April 12th, 2007 public information session was held
in the school library for the residents of the streets affected.
The works will start in late May, after the marathon weekend,
and be largely completed (including one fresh coat of asphalt)
prior to freeze-up in the fall. The spring of 2008 will see a
final layer of asphalt along with any residual landscape repairs
and the like.
Lead Pipe Replacement Program
The age of the homes in Manor Park suggests that the water pipes
leading into the houses may be made of lead. This may most
easily be determined by scratching the surface of the pipe
before the water meter. Residents in Manor Park, either on the
streets being rehabilitated this summer or not, may wish to
participate in a new City-run program to eliminate lead pipes in
their supply lines. This new program is actually intended to
target homes on streets where rehabilitation works are not
scheduled anytime soon but who may have lead pipes carrying
water to their homes. However, communities where such works are
scheduled may participate as well. In Manor Park, this means
that,
• the City will act as project manager, negotiating for a
contractor and supervising the quality of the work; and,
• participants in the program will be able to have their costs
spread over 5 or 10 years (with interest). Of course,
participants will have the opportunity to pay for the work at
once if they wish.
There is no subsidy component to the program. The cost of the
portion of the work on private property is entirely the owner’s
responsibility. Naturally, the City pays for the lead pipe
replacement costs on the public side and this will happen in any
case on those streets undergoing renewal works this summer.
It is likely that the contractor engaged by the City for lead
pipe replacement on private property will be different than the
contractor hired to do the major rehabilitation works. In any
case, the works on private property will proceed only when the
major works are completed as a practical matter.
There may be an additional advantage to participation in this
new program. It is possible that costs of a contract shared by
many property owners may be lower than the costs that an
individual owner could obtain on their own but there is no
guarantee that this will be the case.
At last – A new residential composting program to start in
2008
Finally, the voluntary pilot program operating in Manor Park and
New Edinburgh since October 2001 will now be implemented
City-wide. City Council approved the next step towards
implementing a residential curbside organics collection program
to begin by fall 2008. Under this new program, residents will be
able to compost over 100,000 tonnes annually of kitchen scraps
and other organic materials that are currently disposed of in
local landfills. This will be a significant step toward Ottawa
meeting the 60% waste diversion target established by the
Ontario government.
This program lets residents put fruit and vegetable peelings,
food scraps, meat, bones, egg shells, vegetable oil, paper
towels and napkins, waxed and/or soiled corrugated containers,
wood shavings and yard waste into a different container than the
normal garbage can or recycling boxes.
City staff will review proposals from potential private-sector
partners to bring forward a report by fall 2007 for Council’s
consideration on the preferred partner, with full details about
the new program.
A new city-wide Give-Away Day
Council approved a citywide Give-Away Day to be held on a
Saturday in mid to late June, with a rain date on the Sunday.
This new one-day program lets residents place their unwanted
household goods at the curb for their neighbours to pick-up for
free. The intent of the program is to help residents reuse
household items that otherwise might end up in local landfills.
Jacques Legendre
Councillor, Rideau-Rockcliffe
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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