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BBIA Policy: Transportation
With new communities being built in South Nepean at the fastest rate in the City of Ottawa and the impending move of 4,000 employees to the RCMP's new headquarters on Merivale Road, transportation issues are key to the success of business in the Barrhaven area.
BACKGROUND
- BBIA Transportation Study
- Ottawa's Transit Future
- New: Site Plan Southwest Transitway Extension through Marketplace
- "A Barrhaven trolley sounds funny, but might work"
- Mayor's Transportation Task Force Report
STRANDHERD-ARMSTRONG BRIDGE
The design for the critical missing link connecting Barrhaven to the rest of Ottawa has finally been approved, but construction may not begin until 2011. The bridge is key to the development of the South Merivale Business Park and to the development of Barrhaven as a sustainable community.
- Riverside South-Barrhaven link over river gets city approval
(April 2, 2009)
- Bridging Barrhaven's Gap (April 2, 2008)
- Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge Project: ottawa.ca
ROAD CONSTRUCTION
Strandherd Drive Widening
Widening Strandherd Drive from Crestway to Riocan, a huge bonus for Barrhaven businesses, was completed in the summer of 2008. The extension of Strandherd Drive to Prince of Wales Drive will coincide with the closure of Woodroffe Avenue at Prince of Wales Drive and will also include the widening of Prince of Wales Drive from Woodroffe Avenue to Barnstone Drive. Construction is due to be completed this year. Widening Strandherd Drive from Fallowfield to Greenbank is not on the books yet.
- Strandherd Extension Project ottawa.ca
- "Wider Strandherd to benefit business"
- BBIA Notes from Strandherd Widening Open House
Greenbank Road Widening
Widening Greenbank to four lanes from Malvern to Cambrian is included in the budget forecast for 2011-2016 as a $5 million project. However, widening Greenbank from Hunt Club to Malvern or from Cambrian to Prince of Wales isn't even on the radar yet.
- City's Budget Forecast 2008-2016
- Greenbank Road Widening Project: ottawa.ca
Prince of Wales Widening
The Environmental Study for widening Prince of Wales from Fisher to Woodroffe is underway. City Council approved this project in May, 2007.
Read the City's report on the Prince of Wales Drive Widening.
Longfields Drive Extension
Extension to connect Woodroffe Ave. to Bill Letham Drive and alleviate traffic to the RCMP headquarters at South Merivale Business Park was opened this year.
- Longfields Extension Project: ottawa.ca
For more information, please e-mail Barrhaven BIA Executive Director Andrea Steenbakkers
or call (613) 825-8BIA (8242).
