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Originally Posted by KHOOLE
The emphasis should no longer be Ottawa as a capital city but Ottawa as a national capital region.
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That's been the emphasis for decades. It has resulted in the stupid Greenbelt, suburbanizing decentralization of federal facilities, and the general mess that Ottawa is in today.
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We are long past the concept of Sunday afternoon scenic drives on the Driveway beside the canal or to the island park midway on the Champlain Bridge.
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That "concept" is still at the heart of that new and "improved" Greenbelt plan. "Capital Arrivals" = "Pretty trees to look at as you drive into Ottawa on a 1950s parkway".
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The role of the NCC should also be to go beyond bicycle paths and to facilitate mobility within the area. The belt should be breached to facilitate transit and create neighbourhoods on a human scale.
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The NCC has actively obstructed every single plan, ever, to run transit lines through its precious, previous, Greenbelt. It continues to do so.
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