Thanks go to Lianne on Daniel for passing on this information.

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As you are probably aware the City of Ottawa is in the midst of major construction on the Light Rail Transit (LRT) line, which will see the conversion of the Tunney’s Pasture Transitway to light rail. As the upcoming work on the LRT project may impact travelling time to and from Tunney’s Pasture, I want to share with you some important details about this project.

The transitway will close between Tunney’s Pasture and Empress Avenue, and OC Transpo buses will be detoured onto Scott and Albert Streets. To help alleviate the increase in number of buses using Scott Street the City of Ottawa has requested that 210 OC Transpo deadhead (empty) buses be detoured daily through Tunney’s Pasture starting January 17, 2016.

These buses, travelling both eastbound and westbound, consist of a maximum of 36 buses between the peak hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and 60 buses between the peak hours of 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. As you can see, the greatest impact to employees who work at, or visit, Tunney’s will be around the evening commute. To help plan your travel to and from Tunney’s Pasture the attached hourly schedule shows bus volumes.

Confederation Line – Tunney’s Pasture Deadhead Detour Bus Volumes.pdf

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Comme vous le savez probablement, la Ville d’Ottawa est en pleine construction d’une ligne de train léger sur rail (TLR), qui vise à remplacer le Transitway du pré Tunney en train léger sur rail. Puisque ces travaux affecteront les déplacements en provenance et à destination du pré Tunney, je souhaite vous transmettre quelques détails importants en lien avec le projet de TLR.

Le Transitway fermera entre le pré Tunney et Empress Avenue et les autobus de la Ville d’Ottawa dévieront sur les rues Scott et Albert. Afin de pallier la hausse du nombre d’autobus utilisant la rue Scott, la Ville d’Ottawa a exigé que 210 autobus de la ville roulant à vide transitent par le pré Tunney à partir du 17 janvier 2016.

Ces autobus, voyageant à la fois vers l’est et vers l’ouest, représentent au maximum 36 autobus entre les heures de pointe de 7 h à 9 h et 60 autobus entre les heures de pointe de 15 h à 17 h. Comme vous pouvez le constater, le plus grand impact pour les employés qui travaillent au pré Tunney ou qui sont en visite surviendra lors des déplacements du soir. Pour vous aider à planifier vos déplacements vers et à partir du pré Tunney, consultez le calendrier horaire ci-joint pour les volumes d’autobus.

FR_Confederation Line – Tunney’s Pasture Deadhead Detour Bus Volumes.pdf

From: Paul.Croft@parsons.com
Subject: City of Ottawa Confederation Line West Extension (Western LRT and Western LRT Extension) Planning and EA Study: Meeting Notice 29 June 2015
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 12:23:11 -0400

Greetings/Bonjour,

This note is to inform you that the Stage 2 Environmental Assessment and Functional Design Report went live yesterday with the Finance and Economic Development Committee agenda (FEDCO) for June 29. The link to the FEDCO agenda can be found here: http://app05.ottawa.ca/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=6594&doctype=AGENDA

As you are aware, the Stage 2 LRT plan was a key piece of the 2013 Transportation Master Plan (TMP) unanimously approved by Council. This transformative $3-billion plan includes three extensions of Ottawa’s O-Train system farther east, west and south of the City, including: the Confederation Line West extension to Baseline and Bayshore, Confederation Line East extension to Place d’Orleans, and the Trillium Line extension south to Bowesville/Riverside South.

The report released yesterday provides a summary of the functional design for each of these Stage 2 LRT extensions. ‎The report also confirms land requirements and needs for future maintenance and storage capacity for the Confederation Line. Most importantly, the functional design work confirms that Stage 2 project estimates remain aligned with 2013 TMP figures. Subsequent to the approval of the report by Council, preliminary implementation activities will begin, and the City will continue to engage with federal and provincial partners on project funding.

Note that the City has also launched a new Stage 2 website: http://www.stage2lrt.ca/. This website will provide you with information on Stage 2 in general as well as on the three extensions, and provides contact information, and important Stage 2 resources.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.

La présente note a pour but de vous informer que le Rapport sur l’évaluation environnementale et la conception fonctionnelle de l’Étape 2 du train léger sur rail a été rendu public officiellement hier avec l’ordre du jour de la réunion du 29 juin du Comité des finances et du développement économique. Voici le lien pour l’ordre du jour pour la réunion du 29 juin : http://app05.ottawa.ca/sirepub/mtgviewer.aspx?meetid=6594&doctype=AGENDA

Comme vous le savez, le plan pour l’Étape 2 du train léger sur rail était un élément important du Plan directeur des transports (PDT) de 2013 approuvé à l’unanimité par le Conseil municipal. Ce plan transformateur de 3 milliards de dollars prévoit trois prolongements du réseau de l’O-Train d’Ottawa, soit vers l’est, l’ouest et le sud : le prolongement ouest de la Ligne de la Confédération, jusqu’à Baseline et Bayshore; le prolongement est de la Ligne de la Confédération, jusqu’à Place d’Orléans, et le prolongement de la Ligne Trillium au sud jusqu’à Bowesville/Riverside-Sud.

Le rapport rendu public hier résume la conception fonctionnelle de chacun de ces prolongements de l’Étape 2. De plus, le rapport co‎nfirme les besoins en matière de terrains et de capacité future d’entreposage et d’entretien pour la Ligne de la Confédération. Par ailleurs, les travaux de la conception fonctionnelle ont permis de valider les estimations de coûts pour le projet de l’Étape 2, énoncées dans le PDT 2013. Après l’approbation du rapport par le Conseil, les activités de mise en œuvre préliminaires vont commencer; la Ville va poursuivre ses pourparlers avec ses partenaires fédéraux et provinciaux relativement au financement du projet.

Veuillez aussi prendre note que la Ville a lancé un nouveau site Web pour l’Étape 2 : http://www.etape2tlr.ca/. Ce site Web contiendra de l’information générale sur l’Étape 2, ainsi que des renseignements particuliers sur les trois prolongements; vous y trouverez les coordonnées des personnes-ressources et des renseignements sur les ressources importantes du projet de l’Étape 2.

Si vous avez des questions, veuillez ne pas hésiter à communiquer avec moi.

Nelson Edwards
Senior Project Manager,
Transportation Planning Branch – Environmental Assessment Unit
Gestionnaire principal de project; Planification de transport – Étude environnementale
City of Ottawa | Ville d’Ottawa
110 Laurier Avenue West,
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 1J1
613.580.2424 ext./poste 21290
http://ottawa.ca/planning / http://ottawa.ca/urbanisme

Paul Croft, MCIP, RPP
Transportation Planner
1223 Michael Street, Suite 100
Ottawa, ON K1J 7T2
Tel: 613.738.4160 x5228
Mobile: 613.296.4011
Fax: 613.739.7105
http://www.parsons.com

**Delcan has recently joined the Parsons family. My email has changed to Paul.Croft@parsons.com. Please update me in your contact list.

From: City of Ottawa <westernLRT@ottawa.ca>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 10:59 AM
Subject: City invites feedback on Confederation Line West Extension

The City of Ottawa invites residents to take part in a public consultation on Monday, March 30 about plans for the Confederation Line West Light Rail Transit (LRT) Extension.

The City and the National Capital Commission (NCC) Working Group recently announced an agreement in principle that would allow a portion of the LRT extension between Dominion and Cleary stations to be fully buried under the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. The public consultation about the recommended corridor will take place in Jean Pigott Place at City Hall (110 Laurier Avenue West) and will offer residents the opportunity to learn more about the proposal and to provide feedback. The event will run from 5 to 8 p.m., including a presentation at 6:30 p.m.

The preferred integrated transit solution meets the NCC’s criteria while protecting the Byron Linear Park and Rochester Field and meeting the City of Ottawa’s affordability requirements. The solution also:

• Maximizes greenspace by re-instating existing Parkway lanes of traffic closer together
• Develops a park of national significance along the shoreline
• Protects the trees and landscaped buffer between the Parkway and adjacent urban areas
• Enhances existing pathways and creates new pathways and two new crossings under the Parkway
• Reduces annual bus trips on the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway by more than 450,000
• Increases useable shoreline park space by 38 per cent

The Western LRT extension is one of three environmental assessment studies currently underway as part of Stage 2: the City’s plan to add 19 new stations and 30 kilometres to our LRT network, extending it farther east, west and south by 2023.

A further public consultation to review the overall recommended plan for the Stage 2 Confederation Line West Extension is scheduled for Wednesday, April 29. Additional information about upcoming and future public consultation opportunities, project updates and contact information can be found on ottawa.ca/stage2. Materials presented at all public consultations will also be posted on the website for those unable to attend.

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This document is also available at http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-consultations/transit/information-session-march-30-2015

Our councillor Katherine Hobbs has a newsletter item about requesting community input for the changes to the O-Train line. It’s going to stop at Gladstone (yay, better Little Italy and Theatre access) and go to the airport (I thought they’d decided not to go there) and beyond.

Her newsletter article is at http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=e716e95bbc50cda804f90c666&id=d7bd5e5746

– Alex

From: Katherine.Hobbs@ottawa.ca
Subject: LRT Detours Community Public Meeting – December 3rd, 7 to 9 PM at the Tom Brown Arena
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 22:38:43 +0000

Hello,

I would like to invite you to a Community Public Meeting I’ve called on December 3rd at the Tom Brown Arena between 7 and 9 p.m.

Representatives from the City and the Rideau Transit Group (RTG) will be presenting information and design plans for Scott Street while the Transitway is detoured for construction on the Confederation Line. This will be the best opportunity to give your feedback to those working on the detour plans.

Please feel free to pass this invite to any and all interested people.

No RSVP required.

Thanks,

Katherine