Interprovincial bridge crossing discussion

[Uhuniau]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

If we can at least get something more reliable and consistent than buses, even if the travel time isn't significantly better than driving, it should still draw more people to transit.

Also something more comfortable than buses, which is an underappreciated factor.

[GeoNerd]

Originally Posted by AuxTown

The only thing more ridiculous than the fact that we are still discussing this bridge is the fact we don't have a west end bridge proposal as well!

Unfortunately, we have a lot of very rich folks along the river in the west and then an active military facility

This would be outrageously expensive, involve a 4.5km tunnel, and require +6 levels of government to get on board, but it would be so awesome and massive for the metro area.

[Harley613]

If you look at the depth charts for Lac Deschenes you can see it would be easy to do a simple Causeway here

[cprail]

Originally Posted by Uhuniau

Also something more comfortable than buses, which is an underappreciated factor.

Amen to that. Comfort is almost never even mentioned. To be honest that's 100% why I drive downtown from Aylmer. Bumpy, vibrating, winding, fogged up/dirty/covered in dots up windows, noisy buses make me want to puke (literally). I can handle it for 15 minutes, not 40. People who want to fix transit with buses don't ride buses.

[dougvdh]

Originally Posted by Harley613

If you look at the depth charts for Lac Deschenes you can see it would be easy to do a simple Causeway here

And the soils / bedrock conditions at that point are much better for heavy construction than at the proposed Aviation Parkway alignment (which has some of the worst soils in the City at the area around RCMP and Rockcliffe Airport.)

[zzptichka]

Causeway or even a bridge through the lake here is a non-starter. It's a major summer recreation destination, this will ruin it. Tunnel might work.

[GeoNerd]

Originally Posted by zzptichka

Causeway or even a bridge through the lake here is a non-starter. It's a major summer recreation destination, this will ruin it. Tunnel might work.

Agreed. The yacht & sailing clubs in the area and their well-to-do members would put an immediate halt to any bridge idea. Perhaps a partial bridge/tunnel like a mini Øresund Bridge could work. Not sure of the savings over a full tunnel though.

[roger1818]

Over in the Ottawa Bypass Corridor thread I posted a fantasy map of a North-South Bypass that would line up with a Kettle Island bridge and would help redirect more traffic to it.