By Joanne Chianello, Ottawa Citizen, April 27, 2015
To mark the centennial celebrations of this country, we banned vehicles from
Sparks Street, turning it into this city’s premier pedestrian mall. Now, as we
approach our sesquicentennial in 2017, some are musing that we should let the
cars back on it. The idea of nixing the pedestrian mall was most recently
floated by a National Capital Commission advisory committee. As reported by the
Citizen’s Don Butler, the committee’s thoughts on returning vehicles to the
street were part of the feedback for a long-term development plan that Public
Works and Government Services Canada is developing for the north side of Sparks,
between Elgin and Bank streets. via
Chianello: Why do we think cars would save Sparks? | Ottawa Citizen.