While the Official Plan and Zoning By-law amendments remain an open file at City Hall, the Hospital has moved swiftly to “turn the page” in its dealing with the community. First, it commissioned a report by two respected experts in public engagement, Don Lenihan and Grégoire Jodouin: Setting the Stage, Turning the Page (September 20,…
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With Stage 1 of the LRT expected to come into service in 2018, construction on its extension in Stage 2 is planned to start in 2019. This will take the LRT through the Greenbelt and beyond and so raises concerns for its impact on greenspace and wetlands along the way. Due to an unforeseen budget…
At an information session on December 12, 2017, Richcraft presented high level concepts for the development of Area 2, an urban expansion study area brought in by Official Plan Amendment 76 (OPA76), as confirmed by an OMB decision in 2013 following extensive appeals. Coming out of the previous information session on this project in December…
Please find below elements of the January 2014 Environmental Study Report for the Hope Side Road/Old Richmond Road (Terry Fox Drive to Highway 416) Class Environmental Assessment: + the main report (5.8 MB, 90 pp.) + Appendix F – Landscape Assessment and Evaluation report (“Context Sensitive Design and Landscape Report”) – 4.2 MB, 16 pp. +…
The Sir John Carling site now destined to receive the new Civic Hospital campus is not quite the same site that was considered earlier. The Hospital’s 2007 evaluation exercise provided no specific definition for any site but in the 2016 report for the Hospital by HDR, the SJC site was described as “Located on the…
The Greenspace Alliance sent a letter to the Mayor and Councillors, and to the KNL developers (Urbandale and Richcraft), calling January 4 a day of shame for Ottawa. A petition initiated by a concerned citizen was launched on January 14. Here is the protocol KNL is following, as conveyed by its agent, Jack Stirling. On…
On July 13, 2016 , Ottawa City Council approved an Official Plan Amendment to implement a Community Design Plan for Kanata North — a 181 ha parcel, variously owned, and future location of some 3,000 housing units, schools and much retail and sports fields. The plan was three years in the making. Contrary to how…
On May 20, 2016 Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly tasked the National Capital Commission with a review of possible locations for a new Hospital. A report is due in November. (Ottawa Citizen; CBC News; more in the Citizen here and here) The Coalition wasted no time meeting with NCC officials. We received assurances that the…
On March 10, 2016 Joanne Chianello on CBC News puts the key question: Why does TOH need 60 acres? Cameron Love gives five reasons why they need so much space and makes a comparison with a new hospital in Dallas; it, however, serves a metropolitan area of 7 million. He concedes that some parts of…
Dear Supporter of the Central Experimental Farm, Thank you for your expression of support for the Central Experimental Farm. The Coalition feels we are at a critical juncture with respect to the choice of site of the Hospital. Now is the time to contact the decision-makers in the federal and provincial governments, since undoubtedly the…