Because if there’s anything that traffic engineers have discovered in the last few decades it’s that you can’t build your way out of congestion. It’s the roads themselves that cause traffic.
By Ted Raymond, CRFA News, January 27, 2015
You'll have a chance to have your say about the widening of the Airport Parkway Tuesday evening.
The City is seeking public input on the idea of widening the Airport Parkway between Brookfield Road and the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport. Lester Road would also be widened from the Airport Parkway to Bank Street.
An open house will be held Tuesday at the Jim Durrell Recreation Centre at 1265 Walkley Road. It starts at 6:00 p.m., and will run until 8:30 p.m.
By CFRA News Staff, January 26, 2015
Kanata North Councillor Marianne Wilkinson is to hold a public meeting Monday evening to provide more information on the issue of radon gas in the community.
Radon is a colourless, odourless radioactive gas that occurs naturally in the environment.
By Ottawa Community News, January 22, 2015
TORONTO - A recent court ruling that awarded an Ontario farmer more than $100,000 for damages he claimed were caused by the local government's use of road salt has raised the ire of municipalities across the province.
Joseph and Evelyn Steadman had sued the County of Lambton claiming road salt had damaged their crops and lowered the value of their farmland.
But a group representing more than 400 municipalities across Ontario said Thur
By Ottawa Community News, January 21, 2015
TORONTO - Four rural families fighting construction of industrial wind farms near their homes are hoping Ontario's top court will listen to their arguments.
The families have asked the Ontario Court of Appeal to let them challenge last month's lower court ruling allowing the projects to go ahead.
They argue their case is of wider significance to the public and includes whether the turbine-permitting process is constitutional.