[Acajack]

Yes, the Vanier Parkway was originally planned to lead all the way to the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge*.

Local Franco-Ontarian lore is that the new Vanier Parkway was run through the (at the time) majority French-speaking areas like Overbrook and Vanier, but that it was halted as soon as it hit the mainly anglo-populated areas that begin once you cross Beechwood.

Regarding Harls’ proposed tunnel near Ottawa U., I’d say any new plans on this subject are just going to set us back another 20 years when this has been delayed long enough already.

The logical bridge route is Montée Paiement to Aviation Parkway, which will necessitate a change in the parkway’s heavy truck ban (still doable though). All of the studies over the years have shown this to be the number one choice, but the main stumbling block is NIMBYism from people in Manor Park, even though the new bridge would actually be quite a distance from anyone’s “back yard”.

*BTW, does anyone on this forum know that francophone media in the region always refer to this bridge as Cartier-Macdonald rather than Macdonald-Cartier? Eeeeeeenteresting.