An update on the Transportation Master Plan update ... and the AVTC

[John Verbaas]

In the April timeframe the city was to make public the next step in the Transportation Master Plan update, which was to publish the list of new road and transit projects that would be needed by 2031.

 

That list has not been provided yet, however this week they did publish a view on what would be guiding the analysis/decision making that would be used to create that list (population and employment projections, cycling & transit mode share targets, etc)

 

Most notably from a CCC perspective, and extracted below is information related to the AVTC (Altavista Transportation Corridor).  In the 1st table there is a list of the road projects committed for implementation since 2008.  Even though the AVC phase 1 was committed in the 2012 budget it is absent from the list.

Then in the next table, is a list of road projects that will be under review as part of this TMP update and the AVC is included in that list.

 

Perhaps a glimmer of hope that the City is reconsidering the cost/benefits of this project and that our efforts at opposing this road may be yielding some results.

 

John

 

 

http://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/public-consultations/planning-and-infrastructure/needs-and-opportunities-public-transit

 

Key Factor #4: New or committed transit and road infrastructure

The City has built or committed to build several important pieces of new transit and road infrastructure since adopting the current TMP in 2008. Some of the major projects include:

Major projects built or committed since 2008

Transit Infrastructure	Road Infrastructure	Road Infrastructure
Built since 2008 Southwest Transitway Extension (Fallowfield to Barrhaven Town Centre) Baseline Station Improvements West Transitway Extension (Pinecrest to Bayshore)   Committed for implementation Confederation light rail line O-train service improvements West Transitway Extension (Bayshore to Moodie)	Built since 2008 Portions of Brian Coburn Boulevard Chapman Mills Drive Earl Armstrong Road Widening Limebank Road Widening Terry Fox Drive Longfields Drive Strandherd Drive Extension March Road Widening Findlay Creek Extension Hazeldean Road Widening	Committed for implementation Greenbank Road Widening Hunt Club Road Extension Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge Trim Road Widening

Key Factor #5: Transit and road infrastructure under review

The TMP update will be examining all road and transit needs to accommodate projected growth to 2031.  In addition, City Council has directed the TMP update process to carry out more focused analyses for several specific pieces of transit and road infrastructure where conditions or needs may have changed since the 2008 TMP. 

Major facilities or area-specific issues under review as part of the TMP update

Transit infrastructure	Road infrastructure
Rapid transit strategy between Barrhaven and Bayview via Riverside South, including a possible O-Train expansion Rail-based rapid transit corridor to serve Orléans at the earliest opportunity	Albion Road by-pass, in view of future traffic generated by the Central Canada Exhibition Road needs in the South Urban Area, reflecting the new Ernst & Young Centre, the Rideau-Carleton Raceway and Slots, and other growth south of the Greenbelt Alta Vista Transportation Corridor