POLICY: TRANSPORTATION
With new communities being built in South
Nepean at the fastest rate in the City of Ottawa
and the impending move of 4,000 employees to the
RCMP's new headquarters on Merivale Road,
transportation issues are key to the success of
business in the Barrhaven area.
BACKGROUND
STRANDHERD-ARMSTRONG BRIDGE
The design for the critical
missing link connecting Barrhaven to the
rest of Ottawa has finally been approved,
but construction may not begin until
2011. The bridge is key to the
development of the South Merivale
Business Park and to the development of
Barrhaven as a sustainable community.
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
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Strandherd Drive
Widening
Widening Strandherd Drive from Crestway
to Riocan, a huge bonus for Barrhaven
businesses, was completed in the summer
of 2008.
The extension of
Strandherd Drive to Prince of Wales Drive
will coincide with the closure of
Woodroffe Avenue at Prince of Wales Drive
and will also include the widening of
Prince of Wales Drive from Woodroffe
Avenue to Barnstone Drive.
Construction is due to be completed this year.
Widening Strandherd Drive from Fallowfield to Greenbank is not on the books yet.
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Greenbank Road
Widening
Widening Greenbank to four lanes from
Malvern to Cambrian is included in the
budget forecast for 2011-2016 as a $5
million project. However, widening
Greenbank from Hunt Club to Malvern or
from Cambrian to Prince of Wales isn't
even on the radar yet.
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Prince of Wales
Widening
The Environmental Study for widening Prince of Wales from Fisher to Woodroffe is underway. City Council approved this project in May, 2007.
 Read the City's
report on the Prince of Wales Drive
Widening.
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Longfields Drive
Extension
to connect Woodroffe Ave. to Bill Letham
Drive and alleviate traffic to the RCMP
headquarters at South Merivale Business
Park is in the works this year. The tender for construction has been awarded.
Longfields Extension
Project: ottawa.ca
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For more information, please
e-mail Barrhaven
BIA Executive Director Andrea Steenbakkers or call (613) 825-8BIA (8242).
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