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Originally Posted by lrt's friend
Without giving it a lot of thought, I would like to see the following:
1. Re-instate Britannia and Rockcliffe Parks back to their former glory. For example, rebuild the Britannia pier.
2. Get moving on the Portrait Gallery or some other public museum across from Parliament Hill
3. Get moving on Lebreton Flats, Bayview and Chaudiere. Make sure that they are all connected with bike trails and are all walkable communities. Particularly at Chaudiere, open the views of the falls, have trendy shops and restaurants and restore and repurpose historic structures.
4. Make sure that the former Rockcliffe airbase lands are developed as a dense and walkable community with good transit connections.
5. Allow for extension of the O-Train into downtown when it is finally electrified.
6. Convert the old Union Station into some 'real' public use.
7. Build a downtown circulator streetcar that connects offices and tourist attractions on both sides of the river.
8. Build a streetcar on Rideau and Montreal Road at least as far as the new Rockcliffe airport development as a tool to encourage continued redevelopment along that corridor.
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I'm all in favour of points 2, 6 &7!!
However, I'd add scrapping the O-Train altogether, adding a LRT tunnel from the current confederation line south from queen/Lyon under Bank street through to Johnston Road. A spur line off at Ossington west under Carleton U, coming up to grade then south to the airport.
I would also add making the canal a more 'business friendly' zone. Shopping in Amsterdam along the canals is quite nice, plenty of pedestrian and bicycle traffic.
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