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Old Posted Apr 18, 2023, 12:46 AM
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There seems to be a huge construction project underway at Lady Grey drive. I have no idea what it is.
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There seems to be a huge construction project underway at Lady Grey drive. I have no idea what it is.
Rehabing the retaining wall, part of it collasped a couple years ago. Next phase will add a multi use path aswell that will connect between the Rideau river and the canal, under Alexandria, not sure of the timeline for that though.

I wanted to get more info on it earlier this week, but the NCC website has now been down for over a week!

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There seems to be a huge construction project underway at Lady Grey drive. I have no idea what it is.
Its on the NCC website

https://ncc-ccn.gc.ca/projects/lady-...ll-replacement
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Old Posted Apr 22, 2023, 3:06 PM
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Why does Lady Grey even exist?

It was built as a scenic route between Parliament and Rideau Hall, but it has been “no exit” for decades. The National Gallery uses it as a delivery entrance, but surely there is a less cumbersome way to get deliveries.
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Why does Lady Grey even exist?

It was built as a scenic route between Parliament and Rideau Hall, but it has been “no exit” for decades. The National Gallery uses it as a delivery entrance, but surely there is a less cumbersome way to get deliveries.
The new path they are building under Kiweki point and Alexandra bridge, connecting Lady Grey to the Locks might add a new purpose to it.

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The new path they are building under Kiweki point and Alexandra bridge, connecting Lady Grey to the Locks might add a new purpose to it.
Are they building that already? I thought it was a long term proposal for when they eventually replace the bridge.
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Are they building that already? I thought it was a long term proposal for when they eventually replace the bridge.
I remember it mentioned somewhere in the same story with Lady Grey rebuild, but maybe it was indeed just about the long-term plan...
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Why does Lady Grey even exist?

It was built as a scenic route between Parliament and Rideau Hall, but it has been “no exit” for decades. The National Gallery uses it as a delivery entrance, but surely there is a less cumbersome way to get deliveries.
I think this is probably the least cumbersome way that they could take deliveries... down a nice gentle slope to a discreet location at basement level behind the public faces of the building, with a space large enough for multiple loading docks and truck parking. With a site on a bluff, otherwise hemmed-in by major roads, it doesn't get much better than this.
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I think this is probably the least cumbersome way that they could take deliveries... down a nice gentle slope to a discreet location at basement level behind the public faces of the building, with a space large enough for multiple loading docks and truck parking. With a site on a bluff, otherwise hemmed-in by major roads, it doesn't get much better than this.
The loading dock is a few metres from the pluralism centre’s loading dock which is accessed from Sussex. It seems like a huge waste to rebuild a retaining wall to support a street that serves little purpose but an underused service entrance. Needlessly blocks a lot of the waterfront too.
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The loading dock is a few metres from the pluralism centre’s loading dock which is accessed from Sussex.
Yes, but the Gallery's lower level is a 20-ish foot drop in elevation below that, and it doesn't look like there would have been enough space for a ramp.

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It seems like a huge waste to rebuild a retaining wall to support a street that serves little purpose but an underused service entrance.
According to the NCC, Lady Grey Drive is being rebuilt for use as a multi-use promenade. And I'm sure that the Gallery uses its service entrance as often as they need to... it's their only one.

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Needlessly blocks a lot of the waterfront too.
The narrow strip of waterfront below this escarpment would be a tough site to develop, even if the NCC allowed it.
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A former Quebec MLA from Hull will become the president of the NCC Board of Directors according to Radio Canada (CBC)


https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle...administration

Maryse Gaudreault nommée à la tête du conseil d’administration de la CCN
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L’ex-députée de Hull à l’Assemblée nationale du Québec, Maryse Gaudreault est nommée présidente du conseil d’administration de la Commission de la capitale nationale (CCN).

Défaite aux dernières élections provinciales, Maryse Gaudreault entrera en fonction à compter du 6 juin prochain pour un mandat de quatre ans.

« C'est un beau mandat qui va me permettre de rapprocher encore plus la CCN de la population de la région. »

Mme Gaudreault a été nommée par décret sur recommandation de la ministre des Services publics et de l’Approvisionnement, Helena Jaczek.

Après avoir été députée pendant 14 ans en Outaouais, Maryse Gaudreault s’est dite ravie de participer à nouveau à l'action publique.

C'est pour moi une façon de continuer de servir. Il y a plein de beaux projets autant du côté québécois que du côté ontarien. C'est très enlevant ce qui nous attend, a-t-elle indiqué dans une réponse écrite envoyée à Radio-Canada.

De son côté, la CCN s’est dite enchantée d’accueillir dans son organisation l’ancienne députée.

Nous sommes très heureux de la nomination de Mme Gaudreault. C’est une personne qui connaît bien la région de la capitale nationale. Nous avons hâte de travailler avec elle pour continuer à faire rayonner la région d’Ottawa-Gatineau, a indiqué dans un courriel la société de la Couronne.

Maryse Gaudreault rejoint le conseil d'administration de la CCN qui est composé de 13 autres membres représentant la région de la capitale et d’autres parties du pays, du premier dirigeant Tobi Nussbaum ainsi que des maires d’Ottawa et de Gatineau.

L’ex-députée de Hull à l’Assemblée nationale du Québec, Maryse Gaudreault est nommée présidente du conseil d’administration de la Commission de la capitale nationale (CCN).

Défaite aux dernières élections provinciales, Maryse Gaudreault entrera en fonction à compter du 6 juin prochain pour un mandat de quatre ans.

« C'est un beau mandat qui va me permettre de rapprocher encore plus la CCN de la population de la région. »

Mme Gaudreault a été nommée par décret sur recommandation de la ministre des Services publics et de l’Approvisionnement, Helena Jaczek.

Après avoir été députée pendant 14 ans en Outaouais, Maryse Gaudreault s’est dite ravie de participer à nouveau à l'action publique.

C'est pour moi une façon de continuer de servir. Il y a plein de beaux projets autant du côté québécois que du côté ontarien. C'est très enlevant ce qui nous attend, a-t-elle indiqué dans une réponse écrite envoyée à Radio-Canada.

De son côté, la CCN s’est dite enchantée d’accueillir dans son organisation l’ancienne députée.

Nous sommes très heureux de la nomination de Mme Gaudreault. C’est une personne qui connaît bien la région de la capitale nationale. Nous avons hâte de travailler avec elle pour continuer à faire rayonner la région d’Ottawa-Gatineau, a indiqué dans un courriel la société de la Couronne.

Maryse Gaudreault rejoint le conseil d'administration de la CCN qui est composé de 13 autres membres représentant la région de la capitale et d’autres parties du pays, du premier dirigeant Tobi Nussbaum ainsi que des maires d’Ottawa et de Gatineau.

Un moment charnière

La nomination de Maryse Gaudreault arrive à un moment charnière de l’histoire de la CCN. Celle qui remplacera Marc Seaman à la présidence de la CCN devra gérer plusieurs dossiers, dont la revitalisation des Plaines Lebreton.
La société de la Couronne a aussi entamé ce mois-ci les travaux d’assainissement au 24, promenade Sussex. Ces travaux permettront de stabiliser le bâtiment, même si aucune décision n’est encore prise quant à l’avenir de la résidence officielle du premier ministre qui se trouve dans un état critique.

D’ailleurs, les autres résidences officielles du Canada ont aussi besoin d'un sérieux coup de lustre. Les rénovations des six résidences officielles et 49 autres bâtiments secondaires appartenant à la CCN pourraient coûter à la société de la Couronne quelques 653,2 millions de dollars.

Enfin, l’ex-députée de Hull devra gérer le litige qui oppose Chelsea à la CCN concernant les revenus fonciers des terrains fédéraux, alors que la municipalité a reçu récemment l’appui de l’Union des municipalités du Québec.

Rappelons que la CCN est une société de la Couronne qui a pour rôle de gérer et d’aménager les terrains appartenant au fédéral. À ce titre, elle possède et gère plus de 11 % de tous les terrains de la région de la capitale du Canada.
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Not too happy with this one. In her 14 years as an MPP, about 8 of those in Government, she did just about nothing for Hull or the Outaouais.
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This is just a student competition, more as a thought experiment than actual concepts, but could be interesting for some. It's a reimagining of Sussex Drive between the National Art Gallery and 24 Sussex.

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As long as Sussex is 17 lanes wide, lined with atrocious architecture for most of its length, with an "urban" environment that is largely dominated by a freeway bridge passing under it, it will continue to be awful.
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This is just a student competition, more as a thought experiment than actual concepts, but could be interesting for some. It's a reimagining of Sussex Drive between the National Art Gallery and 24 Sussex.

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I was fortunate enough to be one of the members of the winning submission. If anyone has any questions about our proposal, I'd be happy to answer them.
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I was fortunate enough to be one of the members of the winning submission. If anyone has any questions about our proposal, I'd be happy to answer them.
Congratulations on your win.

Is there a link to the slides?
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Thanks! I don't believe the NCC has posted the boards yet. Hopefully they do that this week.
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Algonquin groups reach consensus on new SJAM name: NCC letter
Unveiling could happen this fall if board approves renaming later this month

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Posted: Jun 09, 2023 12:01 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago


Algonquin communities consulted over what to rename Ottawa's Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway have reached a consensus and the new name Kichi Zībī Mīkan will be recommended to the National Capital Commission's board of directors later this month, according to a letter circulated by one of the Indigenous groups involved.

In a June 7 letter addressed to Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg Chief Dylan Whiteduck, commission CEO Tobi Nussbaum said an unveiling ceremony will be planned for this fall if the board approves the name at its next meeting on June 22.

The letter was included in Kitigan Zibi Anishinābeg's weeekly newsletter.

"I was informed by my team that [groups] reached a consensus for a new name: Kichi Zībī Mīkan," Nussbaum stated in the letter. It said the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation were also consulted about the new name and a letter sent to its chief.

Mīkan, pronounced MEE-khan, is an Algonquin word meaning road or path. Kichi Zībī means great river and is the Algonquin name for what would later be called the Ottawa River.

An NCC spokesperson said Friday the federal Crown corporation, which oversees the parkway, would not talk about the proposed name change until the board meeting.

The parkway has carried the first prime minister's name for over a decade.

The Ottawa River Parkway was renamed in his honour in 2012, under the government of former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper.

In June 2021, three Ottawa city councillors sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urging the federal government to facilitate an Indigenous-led consultation process to rename the parkway.

The councillors wrote the letter after ground-penetrating radar located some 200 suspected unmarked graves at a former residential school site in Kamloops, B.C., saying there was an "urgent need" for Canada to commit to projects of reconciliation.

Macdonald authorized the creation of the residential school system while he was in power in the 1880s. It is estimated that more than 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children were forced to attend the government-funded, church-operated schools, where many suffered abuse and some died. The last such school closed in 1996.

The commission's board of directors unanimously approved the recommendation to move forward with a renaming and engaging Indigenous communities.

"I am thankful for the generosity of the participants who shared views, stories and cultural references about the area, highlighting the profound connection the Algonquin Anishinabeg maintain with the river and surroundings," Nussbaum wrote.

With files from Andrew Foote, Stu Mills and The Canadian Press

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...abeg-1.6871049
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