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A Greely teen is hoping to become Canada’s top Dorothy for Toronto’s Mirvish production of Wizard of Oz. She is already in the top 20. – Page 6
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An organization that provides help to autistic children received a funding boost thanks to a charity golf tournament. – Page 7
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Manotick-based band The Bushpilots will perform for their third time at Bluesfest on Sunday, July 15. – Page 11
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Developer and residents work together for best solution Emma Jackson
EMC news – Bridge Street will see flowing traffic and safe pedestrian crossings if a plan devised by Manotick residents and Princiotta Developments is approved by the city. Developer Joe Princiotta has embraced a traffic management plan developed by the Manotick Village Community Association, city traffic planners and Princiotta’s contractors which will keep both lanes open during construction of the new seniors’ residence in downtown Manotick. Community association president Klaus Beltzner worked closely with the developer to avoid reducing Bridge Street to one lane to accommodate trucks during the 18month construction period. He also wanted to make sure pedestrians would have safe crosswalks. “The interest of the community association was to achieve two objectives: continuous free-flowing traffic on Bridge Street, and also safe pedestrian crossings because the sidewalk will no longer be on the north side,” Beltzner said. The traffic management plan, which has yet to be officially approved by the city’s traffic department, calls for Bridge Street’s east- and westbound lanes to shift slightly south and be repainted, leaving room on the street’s north side for construction vehicles to park. The road is technically three lanes wide, Beltzner said, but is currently only painted for
two lanes. By shifting both lanes south, drivers and the construction workers can use the road without having to resort to flagging and lane closures. On either end of the construction zone, Beltzner’s plan also includes temporary island refuges between the lanes, to help pedestrians cross to the southern sidewalk. Beltzner said this crosswalk method has only recently been added into the Ontario Traffic Manual and, as far as he knows, is the first time it’s being tried in the city. “(The city is) doing it as a pilot,” he said. The plan has the approval of Princiotta, Rideau-Goulbourn Coun. Scott Moffatt and area police and fire representatives. An application has been submitted to the city for formal approval. Princiotta said he was pleased with the plan, and is willing to do anything that will make life easier for residents during the construction. “We want them to look favourably upon us because we’ll be neighbours for a long time,” he said. “We want to do everything we can to make it easier.” Princiotta is waiting for the project’s site plan approval to go through before he can get a building permit, which he hopes to have in hand midJuly. The three-storey, 120-unit seniors’ residence will be located just east of Manotick Main and Bridge Streets, and will take approximately 18 months to compete.
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Sir William Stalker dons his armour to protect the citizens of the Kingdom of Osgoode on Friday, June 6. The fifth annual Osgoode Medieval festival attracted thousands of people to the village over the weekend. For more photos, turn to page 15.
Route 245 commuters catch fare break through Manotick Emma Jackson
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EMC news – Manotick transit users can now enjoy lower fares after OC Transpo’s new fare schedule came into effect July 1. Manotick’s Route 245 now operates at a 40 per cent cost reduction because it has been joined with regular fare Route 99 that runs through Riverside South. In April, city council abolished the rural express routes, which served the villages of Manotick, Richmond, Mun-
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ster, Cumberland, Sarsfield, Navan, Vars and Carlsbad Springs. The rural express pass was the highest fare in the city’s transit system at $5.25 per cash trip or $145 per month. Now Route 245 riders will only pay $3.30 per cash trip or $96.25 per month. Unlike Manotick, the other rural express routes will also be reduced, but only to the regular express route fare. A staff report stated that the changes are expected to encourage ridership in the
rural areas without increasing operating costs, because many rural buses are currently under capacity and can handle more ridership without needing more buses. Manotick Village Community Association president Klaus Beltzner said that many Manotick commuters are currently driving to the Riverview park and ride in Riverside South to catch the 99 so they don’t have to pay nearly twice as much for that extra eight- kilometre part of the route. See LOWER page 3
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