Interprovincial bridge crossing discussion

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Originally Posted by Acajack

There are powerful influential people in the vicinities of both the Vanier Parkway extension and the Kettle Island/Aviation Parkway routes.

But in the case of the Vanier Parkway route, the traffic (and especially trucks) would be a lot closer to those people's houses.

But sure, strictly speaking the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge itself is not operating at capacity when it comes to traffic. (The problem is with the roads leading to and from it.)

Sure but the 50 is probably the biggest bottleneck with the majority of traffic probably coming from Gatineau itself at this point.

Originally Posted by J.OT13

So Mark's priority is the Manotick's truck traffic issue that puts thousands of pedestrians and residents at risk everyday, not the backwater that is King Edward and Rideau Street.

Pretty sick of him trying to block important projects that has nothing to do with him. Gatineau has been waiting for this bridge for decades, and that tramway funding announcement for years. Yes, Ottawa was screwed over having to pay over 50% of the O-Train expansion; take it up with the Province; it's their responsibility.

Why is Ottawa expected to roll over for something that has minor benefits for Ottawa (Very little truck traffic is going to be re-routed). In fact it probably enables growth that costs Ottawa taxpayers.