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July 11, 2013 | 40 pages
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Traffic project to slow down Springland Sabine Gibbins sabine.gibbins@metroland.com
News - The city is hoping a traffic calming pilot project will help to curb speeding, especially near schools and parks, in River ward. The city’s road safety staff is introducing the seasonal traffic strategy on a portion of Springland Drive, one of 12 projects throughout the city, said River ward Coun. Maria McRae. The traffic calming project has been used in other cities, such as Montreal, and effectively decreased the speed of motorists. Mooney’s Bay resident George Brown, a former regional councillor, said he is pleased to see the city tackle what is a notorious issue in the neighbourhood. Brown said he hopes the project discourages speeders from using Springland as a shortcut to get to other major arteries such as Riverside Drive. “I’ve been watching this issue since I was a councillor, from 1985 to 1994,” he said. “It’s a unique project that they’re doing, and I’m pleased to see that something is being done here.” Brown, who has lived in the Mooney’s Bay area for 46 years, has seen traffic grow, as well as the potential danger as children play close to the street, with some drivers paying no mind. “There are five school bus stops along the route, difficult road curbs – it’s an ongoing issue,” he said. He recalls asking the city to find a way to deal with the speeding issue, but nothing was working, not even speed bumps. Mooney’s Bay and Riverside will continue to see heavier traffic flows, he added.
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Mooney’s Bay resident George Brown is pleased to see the city initiate a traffic calming pilot project on a portion of Springland Drive. New signs are in place down the centreline of the road.
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News - Hunt Club Park residents want the Alta Vista transportation corridor finished before the city starts work on a Main Street redesign. The $55-million Alta Vista project, aimed at easing traffic flows in the south and east ends of the city, will see a 1.2-kilometre stretch of road linking Riverside Drive and the Transitway the Ottawa Hospital campus ring road. Work on the project is expected to finish in 10 years. Meanwhile, city council recently ap-
proved a revamp of Main Street, approving a plan to reduce vehicle lanes from four to two, adding bicycle lanes and wider sidewalks, a two year project finishing in 2015. The Alta Vista transportation corridor has been on the books for 50 years and time is of the essence, said Sheila Gervais, spokesperson for the Hunt Club Park Community Association. “It’s not like we are NIMBYs,” she said. “We aren’t. It’s just that we want to have access to alternative routes like other communities do.” At an open house last month, Hunt Club Park residents voiced concerns about traffic and alternate routes to the downtown while
Main Street is being revamped. Sheila Gervais, civic affairs coordinator with the Hunt Club Park Community Association, said the majority of residents would like to see work on the Alta Vista transportation corridor finished before the complete revitalization of Main Street. The community association said it’s worried it will see an increase in the number of cars cutting through its neighbourhood. “This is compounded for our community, in particular, given the lack of acceptable alternative routes,” Gervais states in a community report. See COMMUTERS, page 2
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