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Originally Posted by AylmerOptimist
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Yeah, I think it’s been studied but was excluded because it’s too far out. Before the megamerger of Ottawa, the former municipality of Cumberland actually upgraded Frank Kenny Road substantially (for most of the distance between the 174 and 417), largely in anticipation of this.
Frank Kenny is actually a pretty good rural road, but would have to be extended from Innes to the river (in what is currently farmland) in order to avoid all sorts of fiery “proximity” issues that would arise if the existing Trim Road were used. This area is very built-up now and has seen explosive growth in recent years.
The Quebec side of the route is mostly farmland, and lies between the built-up areas of east (former) Gatineau and Angers.
But once again, it has been deemed too far from the centre of the urban area by every study they’ve done.