Council approves $4.6M increase for Airport Parkway bridge

By David Reevely, Ottawa Citizen, December 11, 2013

OTTAWA — The city will spend $4.65 million to finish the cursed Airport Parkway footbridge after its second catastrophic problem halted construction again.

The bridge, which was supposed to be done in November 2011, had to be torn down and started again when the concrete in its signature tower turned out to be faulty, and is now being redesigned after an unorthodox design for the long “stays” that descend from the tower and hold the span in place alarmed the contractor.

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CFRA - Transit commission members skeptical of Presto upgrade - News Talk Radio

By Stephanie Kinsella, CFRA News, December 9, 2013

What\'s being touted as the new and improved version of the Presto fare payment system is already facing skepticism.

The transit commission heard more about Presto 2.2 at its meeting on Monday.

The upgrade is supposed to reduce the time between when you load the card and when you can use it on OC Transpo buses. Currently, it\'s about a 24-48 hour wait, but the upgrade could reduce that to 4 hours. This would help solve one of the long-standing complaints from riders.

CFRA - $74M for new buses during LRT construction - News Talk Radio

By Stephanie Kinsella, CFRA News, December 9, 2013

The city will soon open up the bidding process and spend millions of dollars buying new buses needed for when portions of the Transitway shut down starting in 2015.

In order to build the light rail transit route, buses will be detoured to several routes including Scott Street.

The $74 million set aside for this part of the LRT project covers the cost of new buses, more drivers and extra fuel. The city wants more high occupancy buses which means double decker models or articulated or accordion-style buses.

Cornwall upset after storage tanks buried near waterfront - Ottawa - CBC News

By CBC News Ottawa, December 9, 2013

Residents in Cornwall, Ont., held a protest Monday after learning two new storage tanks were being built and buried on the city\'s waterfront. The land south of Harbour Road where the tanks are being built is owned by Transport Canada, but the federal government has leased the land to a private company. via Cornwall upset after storage tanks buried near waterfront - Ottawa - CBC News.

'Significant congestion' at Lansdowne might be a good thing - Ottawa - CBC News

By CBC News Ottawa, December 10, 2013

People who live in the Glebe say the city isn\'t doing enough to prevent traffic congestion in their neighbourhood when Lansdowne Park opens next summer, but a city councillor says some \"significant congestion\" in the short term might actually be a good thing. A public meeting with city staff and consultants was held at St. Giles Presbyterian Church Monday night, giving the city a chance to explain its plans for monitoring traffic when the redeveloped site opens in June. via 'Significant congestion' at Lansdowne might be a good thing - Ottawa - CBC News.

From waste to cash crop: $55-million project to turn forestry byproducts into biomaterials could have a double payoff

By Robert Bostelaar, Ottawa Citizen, December 10, 2013

OTTAWA — The chunky square clamped into a test device at the National Research Council laboratory looks for all the world like a fat ice cream sandwich.

Then the machine, electric motor whirring, begins pulling up on the sandwich’s top layer. The thick square at first resists the effort to tug it apart — clearly, this is no dairy confection — but then, with a snap, surrenders.

Ottawa poised to ban smoking in social housing

By Derek Spalding, Ottawa Citizen, December 9, 2013

OTTAWA — Smoking will be banned from the city’s social housing units starting in the new year, according to the latest plan from Ottawa’s Community Housing Corp.

The new no-smoking policy being proposed at the board of directors meeting on Thursday was widely popular among residents who live in the 14,800 units operated by the housing provider.

Proposal for green parking garage roof shot down by city; Glebe residents lobbied to have top of proposed structure turned into park

By Michelle Nash, Ottawa Community News, December 5, 2013

News -Board members of the Glebe Community Association expressed disappointment that an idea to green the entire roof of the proposed Second Avenue parking garage has been dismissed by the city.

The plan, first discussed at the association\'s October meeting, sought to take advantage of The group had hoped that because the neighbourhood has fewer city designated parks and green spaces than many other communities, adding a roof-top park to the yet-to-be-built garage would be an ideal solution. The association\'s traffic committee proposed the idea to the city, but as association president Christine McAlister reported on Nov. 28, the city turned down the idea.

Cycling, speed top concerns on Riverdale Avenue; New traffic management plans offers speed bumps, signage and parking as solutions

By Michelle Nash, Ottawa Community News, December 5, 2013

News -Riverdale Avenue-area residents told city officials they want their neighbourhood street to look and feel safe during a consultation on an upcoming traffic management plan. During an open house regarding the Riverdale Avenue Area Traffic Management Study on Nov. 27 at Hopewell Avenue Public School, Katie Breen, a mother of two small children, said all she wants is to feel comfortable with letting her children walk to school on their own.

\"Honestly, I\'m not sure when I will ever let my children walk to school on their own,\" Breen said, citing the speeds and the number of vehicles turning on red lights as her major concerns.

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