Roads/Bridges projects/issues

[waterloowarrior]

Notice of Public Open House

Terry Fox Drive – March Road to Richardson Side Road Detail Design and Terry Fox Drive Temporary Construction Road
Class Environmental Assessment (Phases 1 and 2)
Terry Fox Drive – March Road to Richardson Side Road - Detailed Design

The City of Ottawa is undertaking the detailed design for Terry Fox Drive between March Road and Richardson Side Road. This detailed design is being undertaken in accordance with the Terry Fox Drive Class – Richardson Side Road to Second Line Road Environmental Assessment Addendum completed in 2007. A public open house will be held to present the detailed design and to receive public comment.

Terry Fox Drive Temporary Construction Road Environmental Assessment

The City proposes to temporarily realign Goulbourn Forced Road immediately west of Innovation Drive to accommodate the future construction of Terry Fox Drive between March Road and Richardson Side Road. Phases 1 and 2 of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment are being initiated to develop alternative alignments or an alternative intersection treatment for the intersection of Goulbourn Forced Road/Innovation Drive/Flamborough Drive in order to identify the preferred solution for this section of Goulbourn Forced Road. Ultimately, Goulbourn Forced Road is to be constructed in its ultimate alignment west of the Trillium Woods.

You are invited
4 to 7 pm
June 22, 2009
Mlacak Arena, Hall D
2500 Campeau Drive, Kanata,
The project is being planned under Schedule B of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment. In accordance with the Class EA process, a Public Open House will be held to provide further information to the public regarding the alternatives and the preferred alternative for the temporary construction road and to receive input and comment from interested persons.
If you would like to be added to the mailing list for future notices or would like to obtain more information about these projects, please contact:
Mr. Steven Stoddard, P.Eng.
Senior Project Engineer
Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability
Infrastructure Services Department
Design and Construction Municipal West Branch
100 Constellation Cres., 6th Floor
Ottawa, ON K2G 6J8
Tel: 613-580-2424 ext. 27880
Fax: 613-580-2587
Michael Flainek, P.Eng.
Dillon Consulting Limited
5335 Canotek Road, Suite 200
Ottawa, ON K1J 9L4
Tel: 613-745-2213 ext 251
Fax: 613-745-3491
Please contact Mr. Stoddard if you would like to review a copy of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment.

[Proof Sheet]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

Hazeldean Road funding
http://www.yourstittsville.com/article/14134
Stimulus money is coming

Projects were eligible for the shovel-ready stimulus funding program only if they were not included in the city’s regular capital works program this year.

Have all of the 'shovel ready' projects in Ottawa been awarded/announced yet?

[waterloowarrior]

Notice of Project Commencement

Confederation Boulevard: Sussex Drive
King Edward Avenue to St. Patrick Street
Preliminary and Detailed Design
Project Limits and Scope

The City of Ottawa, together with the National Capital Commission (NCC), is undertaking the Preliminary and Detailed Design for the reconstruction of a segment of Sussex Drive. The limits of this reconstruction project are defined as Sussex Drive from King Edward Avenue to St. Patrick Street. Specifically, the works proposed include the introduction, rehabilitation and/or replacement of:
Watermains, sanitary, storm and combined sewers
Lateral services to the property line
Utilities as required
Traffic control signal system
Road structure and pavement
Transit facilities, cycling facilities and sidewalks
Street lighting and signage
Opportunities for street amenities including landscaping and public art

The project involves finishing the visible streetscape elements to the NCC’s Confederation Boulevard standards as well as urban design improvements along the corridor.

Project Basis
The existing street infrastructure has reached the end of its life-cycle, and the City has identified the need for reconstruction. This portion of Sussex Drive is designated as an Arterial Road in the City of Ottawa Official Plan, and as part of Confederation Boulevard in the NCC’s Plan for Canada’s Capital. Accordingly, the project designs will have regard for the street’s planned function as a multi-modal arterial road corridor with a ceremonial route role.
Project Timing
The project objective will be to complete the Preliminary and Detailed Designs for the street reconstruction. This includes the layout of the surface elements including roadway and sidewalk provisions, street lighting and streetscape improvements, and solutions for below-ground infrastructure. It is anticipated that the designs will be completed by Spring 2010. Construction will occur in accordance with the City’s capital planning decisions.

Public Involvement
Opportunities for public involvement will be provided, and public input and comment will be welcomed throughout the study process. A public open house is tentatively planned for fall 2009, at which time design concepts will be available for review.

The project is being planned to meet the requirements of Ontario’s Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) and the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act that may apply. The project will also benefit from review by the NCC’s Advisory Committee on Planning, Design, and Realty.
For further information or to provide comments, contact the City’s project manager:
Karen Hollohan, Senior Engineer, Infrastructure Projects
Infrastructure Services and Community Sustainability
City of Ottawa
100 Constellation Crescent, 6th Floor
Ottawa, ON K2G 6J8
Tel.: 613-580-2424 ext. 16190
Fax: 613-580-2587
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[kwoldtimer]

I am glad to see this moving forward but I wonder why this project is subject to a separate study/design process, including public input, when it would seem to be only the next segment of the work already completed on Sussex east of King Edward? Would it not have been easier (and cheaper) just to do a single design process for the whole of
Sussex? What am I not understanding here?

[Rathgrith]

^Why the hell are they not looking at extending it to Rideau Street either? Once the rucks get off that route, I want to see most of King Edward look like a true boulevard.

[Cre47]

delete

[waterloowarrior]

highway 7
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[waterloowarrior]

Are the new 417 lanes in Kanata open yet?

[Sens1992]

Originally Posted by waterloowarrior

Are the new 417 lanes in Kanata open yet?

The westbound lanes are open from Moodie dr to Eagleson rd. You now have 4 lanes with one narrow bus lane. It narrows down to 2 at Eagleson rd and the off ramp there is two wide as well. As far as the eastbound lanes go, they are not open yet. Grading at the train overpass is now done and paving should start very soon.

[AuxTown]

It's been quite the lengthy project. I suspect that 4-laning to Scotiabank Place will be much quicker considering that all the overpass bridges have already been widened and the only barrier is the Carp River (tiny bridge). With the rate that Kanata and Stittsville are growing it's much-needed, but it doesn't solve the problem as to where these cars will go once they join up with the 416 and actually lose a lane.

[Sens1992]

I think that you are right O-Town Hockey, it should be a lot quicker past Eagleson. I only wish that the city could do the same with the 174 past the split. That highway is miserable. Poor pavement and poor signage. Every road sign along it (from the split to Trim) is either crooked, rusted or is missing a post. The pavement is a real joke. The maintenance of that stretch is a shame. The city has no pride in the work it does. The 174 should be upgraded from 2 to 3 lanes from the split to Jeanne D'Arc if not to 10th line. Orleans is now approaching 100,000 in population and Clarence-Rockland is just above 20,000. With the traffic using the 174, that highway is not up to 2009 standards.

[eternallyme]

Originally Posted by O-Town Hockey

It's been quite the lengthy project. I suspect that 4-laning to Scotiabank Place will be much quicker considering that all the overpass bridges have already been widened and the only barrier is the Carp River (tiny bridge). With the rate that Kanata and Stittsville are growing it's much-needed, but it doesn't solve the problem as to where these cars will go once they join up with the 416 and actually lose a lane.

There is no room to expand beyond the 416 (barring massive expropriation) though. Looking at traffic counts, it should be 8 lanes through most of the city (which it already is for the most part), so the biggest traffic deficiencies are not in the core area. Yes, it can be congested, but it is mostly at the choke points, not chronically congested through the city like it is on the hill to Eagleson. Not until traffic counts get to about 200,000 will it likely require further widening, and with transit improvements, that will not happen for a long time most likely.

I believe the ultimate plan is for 8 lanes to Palladium Drive, and 6 lanes to Highway 7. The traffic counts (extrapolated to 2009 estimates) along Highway 417 are once east of the following points:

West March Road - 27,000 (supports 4 lanes)
Highway 7 - 43,000 (supports 6 lanes)
Carp Road - 48,000 (6)
Palladium Drive - 56,000 (6)
Terry Fox Drive - 69,000 (6)
Eagleson Road - 103,000 (8)
Moodie Drive - 109,000 (8)
Richmond Road - 128,000 (8)
Pinecrest Road - 141,000 (8)
Woodroffe Avenue - 148,000 (8)
Maitland Avenue - 152,000 (8)
Carling Avenue - 159,000 (8)
Parkdale Avenue - 169,000 (8)
Bronson Avenue - 154,000 (8)
Kent/Metcalfe Streets - 138,000 (8)
Nicholas Street - 158,000 (8)
Riverside Drive - 154,000 (8)
St. Laurent Boulevard - 134,000 (8)
417/174 split - 83,000 (6)
Innes Road - 66,000 (6)
Walkley Road - 40,000 (4, to 6 by 2012)
Anderson Road - 35,000 (4, to 6 by 2020)
Boundary Road - 28,000 (4)

[Rathgrith]

Originally Posted by Sens1992

I think that you are right O-Town Hockey, it should be a lot quicker past Eagleson. I only wish that the city could do the same with the 174 past the split. That highway is miserable. Poor pavement and poor signage. Every road sign along it (from the split to Trim) is either crooked, rusted or is missing a post. The pavement is a real joke. The maintenance of that stretch is a shame. The city has no pride in the work it does. The 174 should be upgraded from 2 to 3 lanes from the split to Jeanne D'Arc if not to 10th line. Orleans is now approaching 100,000 in population and Clarence-Rockland is just above 20,000. With the traffic using the 174, that highway is not up to 2009 standards.

That's probably because City Hall is broke and fixing a highway is not at the top of the list when transit issues seem more relevant. If anything, you should be blaming the MTO and the Harris gov't for downloading the highway to the city all those years ago...

[Sens1992]

Originally Posted by Rathgrith

That's probably because City Hall is broke and fixing a highway is not at the top of the list when transit issues seem more relevant. If anything, you should be blaming the MTO and the Harris gov't for downloading the highway to the city all those years ago...

Well, it is for sure their fault (MTO) and Harris but I just think the city just gave up on fixing the 174 just to show to the province that they can't afford to fix it. It may not be at the top of the list like you say when transit issues seem "more relevant" but the 174 is part of Ottawa and is used by a great deal of people as well as buses and needs to be fixed just like transit needs a fix. There are multiple means of transportation in our city and yes, transit is on the agenda but it does not mean that the city should totally skip roads, specially when they are used by so many users. Let's not keep our eyes closed, there are thousands of people living outside the greenbelt and they pay taxes too. Transit issues go hand in hand with road issues. We are not talking about building a hundred new roads, just repairing those existing. Transit does not bring truck traffic to Orleans and beyond... Transit is part of the answer, not all of it. Does not mean we have to sacrifice everything else.

[waterloowarrior]

^ the city will still be spending billions on new roads and the total spending on roads is even more if you include the provincial roads... the 174 is planned to be widened to 6 lanes up to Jeanne D'Arc in the TMP.

[Lakche]

I don't believe the city wouldn't fix the 174 out of spite as that would be a major safety hazard.

They patched it between Jean d'Arc and the split both eastbound and westbound lanes recently; however, as someone who drives on the 174 twice daily, the patches make the road feel bumpier and more rough than it was before with just cracks...

What's worse is, once winter comes and they run plows down the 174, all the patch work will be chipped out by the plow blades and we'll have holes. Just like what happened last winter on the right-hand eastbound lane just past Montreal Road. They've patched it again, but just wait until winter... :/

[harls]

http://www.eastottawa.ca/article-360600-Province-unveils-funds-for-Hunt-Club-interchange.html

Province unveils funds for Hunt Club interchange

by Laura Cummings

Article online since July 22nd 2009, 15:01


The Hunt Club Road interchange has received over a million in funding from the provincial government, only weeks after the city pledged to provide their share in the project.

The province will dedicate $1.44 million towards design and property purchase during the project’s first phase, officials announced on Wednesday, July 22, with the interchange eventually slated to link the city’s proposed east-to-south connection.

“The Hunt Club interchange is the keystone of the Innes-Walkley-Hunt Club connection,” said Ottawa-Orléans MPP Phil McNeely in a statement. “Once completed the project will keep motorists moving safely and efficiently, and will strengthen the future economic development of the east end by providing direct access to the south end of the city.”

Late last month, council directed the city treasurer to establish the debt required to fund the municipal share of interchange work if the province offers its share within requested time limits.

The decision also came alongside the rubber-stamping of a $125-million contribution for local shovel-ready infrastructure projects, in conjunction with almost $250 million in federal and provincial funds dedicated earlier that month.

According to city staff, the entire cost of the Hunt Club project is estimated at $51 million, including the $20 million offered via stimulus funding for the extension’s first phase. The remaining $31 million, staff explained, is expected to be equally cost-shared between the city and province.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Lakche

I don't believe the city wouldn't fix the 174 out of spite as that would be a major safety hazard.

They patched it between Jean d'Arc and the split both eastbound and westbound lanes recently; however, as someone who drives on the 174 twice daily, the patches make the road feel bumpier and more rough than it was before with just cracks...

What's worse is, once winter comes and they run plows down the 174, all the patch work will be chipped out by the plow blades and we'll have holes. Just like what happened last winter on the right-hand eastbound lane just past Montreal Road. They've patched it again, but just wait until winter... :/

I may be out to lunch here but could it be that the staff at the City of Ottawa roads department doesn't really have an internalized "expressway" mindset that would give it the necessary expertise to manage the 174 (wrt pavement wear, signage, design, etc.) properly? I believe the 174 is the only true expressway it has.

[Kitchissippi]

Here's a way to get at some stimulus money, or maybe it could be a new type of traffic calming measure:





source

[rocketphish]

What a bone-headed idea this is! I wonder who would be liable when a driver swerves to avoid the [very realistic looking] potholes and hits the car next to him, the barrier, or a cyclist? Wouldn't that be an interesting court case.