Info Meeting on Hydro Ottawa Island Park Drive Work – January 30

From: morganbarnes@hydroottawa.com
Sent: 15/01/2014 4:23:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: Island Park Drive System Expansion Project and Community Meeting

Dear Kitchissippi Community Association,

You are invited to attend an upcoming community information meeting regarding Hydro Ottawa’s plans for a system expansion project that will begin along Island Park Drive in the spring of 2014. This work is being undertaken to ensure reliability of the electricity supply in the growing Westboro area.

The meeting will be held on Thursday, January 30th from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Churchill Seniors Centre located at 345 Richmond Road. Residents of Island Park Drive and Kitchissippi ward Councillor Katherine Hobbs, have already been notified about this information session by direct mail. Hydro Ottawa will also be placing an advertisement in the January 23rd issue of the local EMC newspaper (attached). We would also invite you to post information about this meeting on your website to help us inform residents.

While the commencement of this project is months away we wanted to provide your association with as much advance notice as possible as there will be increased construction presence while the project is ongoing, including excavation activities and construction vehicles. Traffic control will also be implemented to ensure Island Park Drive remains accessible and safe for residents. Design drawings showing the construction zones and equipment storage areas, the planned locations of underground cables and chambers as well as details on how we will protect area trees and manage traffic flow, will be available at the information session.

Please contact Brian Thompson, Distribution Design, if you have any questions about this project. He can be reached at brianthompson@hydroottawa.com or 613-738-5499 x7264.

Sincerely,

Morgan Barnes

Morgan Barnes
Communications Officer | Public Affairs
Tel: 613 738-5499 x568 | Fax: 613 738-6409
Hydro Ottawa

Hydro_Ottawa_Information_Ad_20140116.pdf

Local 151 Bus Service Improvements, and other OC Transpo Changes

Press release also available from the City of Ottawa web site in English et en français.

From the OC Transpo web site: 151 will be improved to operate every 30 minutes in the morning peak period eastbound from Westboro Station to Tunney’s Pasture.

From: Geoffrey.Hall@ottawa.ca
Subject: FW: OC Transpo implements fall service improvements September 1 / Message d’intérêt public : OC Transpo met en œuvre le 1er septembre les améliorations prévues pour le service d’automne
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 20:09:19 +0000

As you can see below, the 151 is getting better morning peak service, with a bus every 30 minutes instead of every hour! We hope this will help families and those who take transit to work to have more options in the morning.

Best,

Geoffrey J. Hall
Planning Advisor – Conseilleur d’Urbanisme
Office of Councillor/Bureau de la Conseillère Katherine Hobbs
Ward/Quartier 15: Kitchissippi
City of/Ville d’ Ottawa
613-580-2424 x 15823

From: City of Ottawa – Media Relations/Ville d’Ottawa – Relations avec les médias
Sent: August 29, 2013 12:03 PM
Subject: PSA: OC Transpo implements fall service improvements September 1 / Message d’intérêt public : OC Transpo met en œuvre le 1er septembre les améliorations prévues pour le service d’automne

For immediate release:
August 29, 2013

OC Transpo implements fall service improvements September 1

Ottawa – Effective Sunday, September 1, new fall schedules go into effect on most routes, and on Tuesday, September 3, the O-Train returns to service just in time for classes.

Fall service highlights effective September 1 include:

Trips added on routes 30, 93 and 111 to reduce crowding and improve service
Schedule changes on routes 16, 71, 87, 94, 106, 131 and 159 for improved reliability
More trips extended on Route 95 to Trim Park & Ride and to Barrhaven Centre
Improved early morning service on Route 114 with some trips rerouted via Ottawa Train Yards and a new trip added on weekdays and Sundays
Route 121 rerouted to better serve Ottawa Train Yards and the Star Top Road employment area
Sunday evening hours extended on Route 129 for improved convenience
Increased frequency on Route 151 in the morning peak period from Westboro Station to Tunney’s Pasture for improved connections
Routes 175, 177 and 186 rerouted via Longfields to Marketplace for improved connections for residents of Chapman Mills
Higher capacity buses during the busiest times on routes 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 22, 30, 34, 35, 40, 67, 68, 69, 70, 73, 76, 87, 93, 94, 96, 98, 101, 111 and 118

Seasonal service increases and schedule revisions will be made on many bus routes. Customers should check their route at www.octranspo.com or www.octranspo.mobi. The special summer-weekends-only service to the Aviation and Space Museum on Route 129 and to the Agriculture Museum on Route 185 will be suspended after Labour Day.

O-Train Returns September 3
The O-Train returns to service on Tuesday, September 3, following an 18-week closure for major upgrades in preparation for expanded service in 2014. The project included two additional siding tracks for passing trains, signal upgrades and station improvements, upgrades to the Walkley yard facility, as well as general maintenance work. On September 3, service will return to the regular fall schedule with trains every 15 minutes Monday to Saturday and mid-day Sundays, and every 30 minutes Sunday mornings and evenings. Temporary bus Route 107, which has been replacing the O-Train during the closure, will no longer operate after Labour Day.
Also on September3, O-Train fares will be consistent with a regular-fare bus route. This includes the child’s fare for ages 6-12, now that a discounted PRESTO fare is available to O-Train customers in lieu of bus tickets.

Students
University students can get their new 2013-14 U-Pass on campus. OCTranspo staff will distribute PRESTO cards on campus at Cité collégiale and Algonquin College. Visit octranspo.com for dates and times. Eligible elementary and secondary students will receive their student pass at school. All other full-time students ages 13-19 can get a student discount set on their PRESTO card at an OC Transpo Sales and Information Centre with proof of eligibility.

Labour Day
On Monday, September 2, OC Transpo will operate a Sunday schedule. This means only those routes that normally run on Sundays will be in service. The DayPass will be valid as a family pass on August 31, September1 and September 2. A family of up to six people, with a maximum of two ages 13 or older, can ride all day on one $7.95 DayPass. Holiday schedules are available at www.octranspo.com. OC Transpo Sales and Information Centres and the Transit Information Call Centre will be open.
Schedule information is available 24 hours a day, up to six days in advance, by calling 613-560-1000 or texting 560560 plus the four-digit bus stop number. For more details, travel planning assistance, and new timetables, customers should call OC Transpo at 613-741-4390 or visit www.octranspo.com.

Summer 2013 City Construction

La version française suit

2013 Summer Construction

Major construction and renewal projects are taking place across the City in one of the largest and most significant makeovers in the history of Ottawa. Ultimately, with these projects completed and the opening of the Confederation Line in 2018, the City’s landscape will be transformed and congestion on roads reduced as the population of our city continues to grow.

417/174 Construction

Construction begins Wednesday, May 22 with the widening of Highway 417 from Nicholas to the 417/174 split. Highway 174 westbound will be reduced by one lane, resulting in significant traffic disruptions during peak periods. In June, the Lees Avenue on-ramp will be closed to allow work on the transitway structure on Highway 417.

If you are travelling from the east, please plan ahead for delays and longer commuting times. You can help reduce demand on current road capacity by using public transit. To ease disruption, OC Transpo has increased bus service from the Trim Park & Ride Transitway station to downtown. There will be 11 additional transit trips added from Trim to downtown during the morning peak periods and an additional 12 transit trips added to the afternoon peak periods from downtown to Trim. For further information and transit travel planning tools, please visit octranspo.com.

Tools available

The Travel and Mobility information page on ottawa.ca provides tools to manage travel including:

Traffic Map
Cycling Map
Traffic Cameras
Road work and Street Closures
Capital Bixi
Hyw 416 & 417 Traffic Report
Carpooling
OC Transpo Travel Planner
Rack & Roll
Twitter

Updates will also be available from your local news outlets, and residents may call 3-1-1 for information. Variable message signs (VMS) will be installed to inform motorists of road closures, lane restrictions and other traffic changes.

Tips

Be aware of construction activity by using the various tools available to you, which can be found on the Travel and Mobility Information link on Ozone
Plan your route
Consider alternate transportation options to driving alone, such as carpooling, transit, cycling, walking

You will be able to access future information and tools to help manage your commute through Ozone and In The Loop.

Getting around the city will pose challenges while work on these multi-year projects takes place. We recognize the potential impact it may have on you and on City operations and we encourage you to discuss this with your supervisor / manager.

The City needs your help

To help make this transition of building a better Ottawa as smooth as possible, you can become an ambassador for this progress. Please spread the word to neighbours, friends and visitors about where to find the information they need to get around during this monumental period of change.

Travaux de construction d’été 2013

Des travaux de construction et de rénovation importants ont lieu partout dans la ville, dans le cadre de l’un des projets de transformation les plus importants dans l’histoire d’Ottawa. Une fois les travaux terminés et une fois la ligne de la Confédération ouverte en 2018, le paysage de la ville sera transformé et les routes seront moins congestionnées; la ville sera ainsi en mesure d’accommoder sa population croissante.

Travaux de construction à la jonction de l’autoroute 417 et de la route 174

Le mercredi 22 mai a marqué le début des travaux d’élargissement de l’autoroute 417 à partir de la rue Nicholas jusqu’à l’échangeur de la route 174. Une voie devra être fermée sur l’autoroute 174 en direction ouest, ce qui causera des perturbations majeures de la circulation pendant les heures de pointe. En juin, la bretelle d’accès de l’avenue Lees sera fermée pour permettre les travaux sur la structure du Transitway au-dessus de l’autoroute 417.

Si vous arrivez de l’est, veuillez planifier votre trajet en fonction des délais et d’un temps de déplacement plus long. En utilisant le transport en commun, vous contribuerez à réduire la congestion routière. Pour atténuer les perturbations, OC Transpo a augmenté le service d’autobus entre le parc-o-bus de la station Trim du Transitway et le centre-ville. Onze autobus seront ajoutés pendant la période de pointe matinale sur le trajet de la station Trim en direction du centre-ville et 12 autobus seront ajoutés au trajet inverse pendant la période de pointe de l’après-midi. Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements et des outils pour planifier vos déplacements en transport en commun, veuillez visiter octranspo.com.

Outils disponibles

La page d’information Circulation et mobilité sur ottawa.ca fournit des outils afin de gérer les déplacements, y compris :

La carte de la circulation
La carte du réseau de voies cyclables
La caméras de circulation
Les travaux routiers et les fermetures de rue
Bixi de la capitale
Le rapport de circulation des autoroutes 416 et 417
Le covoiturage
Le Planificateur de trajet d’OC Transpo
Le vélo-bus
Twitter

Les organes de presse de la région fourniront également des mises à jour, et les résidents peuvent composer le 3-1-1 pour obtenir plus de renseignements. Des panneaux à messages variables (PMV) seront aussi installés pour informer les automobilistes des fermetures de routes et de voies et d’autres changements sur le réseau routier.

Conseils

Soyez informé des travaux de construction grâce à divers outils mis à votre disposition sur la page Renseignements concernant les déplacements et la mobilité dans Ozone.
Planifiez votre trajet.
Plutôt que de voyager en voiture sans passager, optez pour un autre moyen de transport comme le covoiturage, le transport en commun, le vélo ou la marche.

Vous pourrez accéder à des renseignements et à des ressources pour planifier vos déplacements futurs par l’entremise d’Ozone et du bulletin Au courant.

Ces projets s’étendent sur plusieurs années et il ne sera pas facile de circuler dans la ville pendant ce temps. Nous reconnaissons les effets que cela pourrait avoir sur vous et sur les opérations de la Ville et nous vous encourageons à en discuter avec votre superviseur ou directeur.

La Ville a besoin de vous

Vous pouvez devenir un ambassadeur du projet d’embellissement d’Ottawa et nous aider ainsi à adoucir la transition. Parlez-en à vos voisins, amis et visiteurs et indiquez-leur où ils peuvent trouver de l’information pour les aider à planifier leurs déplacements pendant cette impressionnante période de transformation.

Fees for Laneway Encroachment

As mentioned in the Ottawa Citizen article, the city will charge fees for people using land that belongs to a city laneway, or require them to clear their stuff off the roadway. I don’t think there are any in our neighbourhood, though further south there are such lanes behind the houses along Island Park Drive.

For those who are interested, this item regarding Municipal Laneways will be dealt with by the Transportation Committee on Wednesday April 3.

Carleton Avenue Closed February 25 to March 1

From: Andrew.Hickey@ottawa.ca
Sent: 21/02/2013 11:59:48 A.M. Eastern Standard Time
Subj: Carleton Avenue closure heads up

Just a quick heads up about a road closure.

Carleton Avenue (from Sunneymede to Clearview) will be closed from Monday, 25 February to Friday, 1 March. The road will be open during non-work hours and on the weekend.

The contractor, Capital Excavation will be connecting new site services at 192-194 Carleton Avenue.

Thanks.

Andrew Hickey
Manager, Community Relations and Communications
Gestionnaire, Relations avec la communauté et Communications
Office of Councillor/Bureau de la Conseillère Katherine Hobbs
Ward/Quartier 15: Kitchissippi
T: 613-580-2424 ext. 26689
Our Kitchissippi Notre Kitchissippi
Twitter and Facebook
City of Ottawa/Ville d’ Ottawa
110 Laurier Avenue West/110 ave Laurier Ouest
Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1

Traffic Calming Response

Our community association executive has a response to the recent traffic calming discussions on the mailing list:

“The executive has read and discussed the recent list serve comments on Traffic Calming. Attached is their response. No further comments have appeared from community members during the past few days, so we feel everyone who wished to comment has had an opportunity to do so via the list serv, to the Councillor’s office or website, or to the Traffic Management Department, as invited by the flyer delivered to homes on the main traffic calming routes. As a result, we consider the discussion finished for now. Thank you to everyone who participated.”

Exec response re Traffic Calming 31July2012.doc

Executive Response to List Serve Discussion about Traffic Calming 31 July 2012

The Executive’s role when there are complex issues such as this, is to help ensure that discussion takes place and that everyone has the opportunity to be informed and to participate.

Summary:

There is significant, long-standing concern about the speed and volume of traffic in Champlain Park. Parents of younger children are particularly concerned;
Numerous measures have been undertaken over many years (road closures, signage, enforcement) with the goal of slowing traffic and/or discouraging drivers from cutting through the neighbourhood. Regardless, the problems persist;
Consequently City Council, based on recommendations from the City’s Traffic Management Department, and in consultation with the former and current City Councillors, (who also assessed public opinion), have decided that this warrants action from the City in the form of installation of physical traffic calming measures;
Funds for traffic calming are limited. Many communities compete for them; The City can undertake installation of traffic calming measures only following full and complete study and analysis of current data. The measures must be relevant and the expenditure justifiable;
In Champlain Park, traffic calming measures now are being implemented after exhaustive study and public consultation. “The limited funds are being utilised to install measures that will have the maximum impact on reducing traffic speed throughout the neighbourhood” (Katherine Hobbs, May 2011 CP list serve);
The most recent communication from the City regarding traffic calming was to let residents know that the project was being implemented. It was not intended to reopen the consultative process.

Details:

Attempts to resolve the problem of speeding and cut-through traffic in the neighbourhood go back many years. Two years ago, the entire community was invited to attend a meeting at the Fieldhouse where the Councillor and engineers from the City Traffic Management department presented current data and traffic calming proposals, and answered questions. Then, groups of residents circulated through representations of neighbourhood streets which had been outlined in masking tape on the floor, writing comments on stickies and setting them on the relevant spots. The meeting was very well attended.

Residents were invited to continue commenting to the Councillor and City staff and the Executive members know that they did so, though we were not privy to the comments. Meanwhile, the Traffic Management staff compiled more numbers and developed a plan based on the up-to-date data and input from residents. As noted in the recent communiqué from the City, the plans were modified to respond to the comments and considering current data.

The Councillor’s office reviewed the data and gave full consideration to residents’ ideas and opinions. Now, the City is implementing some solutions to address a number of the documented problems. To quote from the memo from Katherine Hobbs, which appeared in the May 2011 edition of the Champlain Speaker, “After waiting 12 years for funding and three years of banking the funds for this project, the City will be moving forward with the following measures, following an additional traffic volume study completed in May 2010.”

There has been and continues to be significant concern about the speed and volume of traffic in our neighbourhood. While there is opposition to physical methods of traffic calming among some residents of the community, it is offset by strong support for these measures from a number of others. We have confirmed that the Councillor’s office has read the most recent list serv comments, and note that both the Traffic Management Department and the Councillor’s office invited additional comments and questions when the implementation phase was recently announced.

The members of the Champlain Park Executive are not traffic experts and do not have the resources to manage an issue of this magnitude. The Councillor’s office is best suited to collect and analyze the many comments that were received from the public before, during and after the public meeting two years ago and to consult internally with the Traffic Management Department. The Executive entrusted the Councillor’s office to assess public opinion, and respects the competence of City traffic engineers to collect and analyze relevant data, and to formulate and implement a traffic management plan. City Council reviews and prioritizes such expenditures. They chose to approve this one.

Unfortunately, time lags between the steps in the process resulted in uncertainty regarding the stage that we are at. The recent memo from the City was not intended to reopen the consultation process but to inform residents that work would be going ahead. We note that the Councillor’s office, in consultation with the Traffic Management Department, is in the best position to assess whether the ideas from the most recent discussions can be considered for future action.

Traffic Calming Measures

Here’s some news on traffic calming measures to be implemented soon in our neighbourhood. Best discussed on the mailing list or contact our councillor with comments. Copied from our councillor’s web site (the table looks better there, plus there’s a link there for contacting her) at:
http://ourkitchissippi.ca/construction/champ-park-traffic-calming-measures/

Champlain Park Traffic Calming Measures

July 18, 2012 – 1:59 pm

The former Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOC), the former City of Ottawa, and the National Capital Commission undertook the Island Park, Kirkwood, and Churchill Area Transportation Assessment and Traffic Calming Plan (hereinafter IKC Plan) between 1994 and 1996 to identify a series of physical measures to address the impact of traffic on the neighbourhoods around these three major road corridors.

Implementation funding for the Area Traffic Management (ATM) measures planned on Clearview, Carleton and Sunnymede Avenue became available in 2009. A public meeting was held on June 9, 2010 at the Champlain Park fieldhouse, to provide the community an opportunity to review the planned implementation of the Area Traffic Management measures in the area and to gather comments. City staff also attended the meeting and presented residents with the implementation plan of the measures. Feedback from the community was collected and assessed.

As the result of the public meeting and also feedback, some refinements were made to the ATM measures.

Below is the location of all the traffic calming measures, construction will commence shortly.

Location	Corner	Address	Measure
Clearview Avenue		127, 131, 132 Clearview	Mid-block narrowing
Clearview Avenue		127, 131, 132 Clearview	Speed Hump
Clearview at Patricia	SE corner	169 Patricia	Intersection Narrowing
Clearview at Daniel	SW corner	98 Clearview	Intersection Narrowing
Clearview at Daniel	SE corner	169 Daniel	Intersection Narrowing
Clearview at Keyworth	SW corner	170 Keyworth	Intersection Narrowing
Clearview at Carleton	NE corner	23 Clearview	Intersection Narrowing
Carleton		167, 168, 169 Carleton	Speed Hump
		193, 197, 202 Carleton	Speed Hump
		213, 217, 218 Carleton	Speed Hump
		231, 232, 236 Carleton	Speed Hump
		251, 252 Carleton	Speed Hump
Sunnymede at Island Park		219, 227 Island Park	Speed Hump
Carleton at Sunnymede		223, 225 Carleton	Mid-block narrowing
Carleton at Premier	NW corner	260 Carleton	Intersection Narrowing
Sunnymede at Keyworth	SW corner	230 Keyworth	Intersection Narrowing
Sunnymede at Keyworth		220, 230 Keyworth	Speed Hump