The Transportation Master Plan requires numerous improvements to transportation infrastructure, services and programs over the planning horizon. Implementation will include the following key processes:
Specifically, the implementation strategy for this plan has the following components:
Transportation system improvements will be made based on need, as determined through monitoring of transportation system performance and land development, and the City’s ability to pay for them.
As noted above, the City's ability to pay for projects will influence its project priorities and the rate of implementing them. The 2003 Capital Budget document has identified a substantial "funding gap" in the City's ability to pay for new capital projects. According to that document, the funding gap will reach $141 million by 2007, but the gap will be even bigger in view of the new transportation infrastructure requirements identified in this plan. If the City cannot tap into new revenue sources, such as federal and provincial governments, it will have to consider a range of possible solutions including program cutbacks, adjustments in standards and service levels, deferral of infrastructure, constraints on growth, user fees or tax rate increases. The annual budget process will remain the City's principal forum for deciding how to spend available capital funds. Funding shortfalls will require choices to be made among different projects.
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Facility Type
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Project
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Limits
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PHASE 1: Population of 975,000 (about 2008)
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| WALKING & CYCLING |
Algonquin/Woodroffe pedestrian overpass
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SEE ANNEX A
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Alta Vista Transportation Corridor
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Coventry Road/Lynx Stadium pedestrian overpass
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Former New York Central Rail Corridor
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Rideau Canal Pedestrian/Cyclist Bridge
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Woodroffe Corridor
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| TRANSIT PRIORITY |
Baseline/Heron Road
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(Richmond Road to Navaho Drive) &
(Prince of Wales Drive to Data Centre)
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Bronson Avenue
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(Carling Avenue to Albert Street)
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Carling Avenue
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(Pinecrest Road to Bronson Avenue)
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Holland Avenue
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(Carling Avenue to Scott Street)
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Richmond Road
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(Bayshore Drive to Carling Avenue)
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St. Laurent Blvd./Russell Road
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(Montreal Road to Walkley Road)
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| LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT |
North-South Corridor (operation in Spring 2009)
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(LeBreton Station to Limebank Road1, including Airport link)
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| BUS RAPID TRANSIT |
Albert/Slater Corridor
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(on-going)
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Baseline Corridor (Phase I)
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(Transit Priority: Navaho Drive to Data Centre)
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Hospital Link Corridor
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(Innes/Blair Intersection to Blair Station)
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Southwest Transitway
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(Nepean Sportsplex to Fallowfield Road) &
(Fallowfield Road to Berrigan Drive)
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West Transitway Corridor
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(Pinecrest Road to Bayshore Station)
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| ROADS |
Albert Street
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(Booth Street to Empress Street)
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Alta Vista Transportation Corridor
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(Riverside Drive to Hospital complex)
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Blackburn Hamlet Bypass
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(Innes Road to Navan Road)
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Coventry Road
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(Belfast Road to St. Laurent Shopping Center)
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Eagleson Road
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(Cadence Gate to Fernbank Road)
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Earl Armstrong Road
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(River Road to Bank Street)
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Fallowfield Road
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(Strandherd Drive to Woodroffe Avenue)
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Greenbank Road
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(Malvern Drive to Strandherd Drive)
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Hazeldean Road
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(Carp Road to Terry Fox Drive)
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Hunt Club Bridge (Deck modification)
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Hunt Club Road
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(Hwy 416 to Bank Street) & (Hawthorne Road to Hwy 417E)
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Innes Road
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(Hwy 417 to Blair Road) & (Orleans Blvd. to Frank Kenny Road)
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Innes-Walkley Connection
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(Innes Road to Walkley Road) - Phase I - New 2-lane road
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Limebank Road
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(Limebank south of Earl Armstrong Road to Riverside Drive)
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New East-West Road 2
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(Rideau River to Hwy 417E)
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Richmond Road
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(Carling Avenue to Golden Avenue)
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Riverside Drive
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(Hunt Club Road - to Limebank Road) - Phase I - widen to 4 lanes
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Strandherd Drive
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(Fallowfield Road to Greenbank Road) & (Greenbank Road to Woodroffe Avenue) Phase I - widen to 4 Lanes & (Woodroffe Avenue to Rideau River)
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Strandherd-Armstrong Bridge
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New bridge across the Rideau River, connecting Earl Armstrong Road to Strandherd Drive |
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Woodroffe Avenue
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(Nepean Sportsplex to Fallowfield Park-and-Ride lot)
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Woodroffe Avenue
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(Stoneway Drive to Strandherd Drive)
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PHASE 2: Population of 1,100,000 (about 2013)
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WALKING & CYCLING
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Carp River/Terry Fox Dr. Corridor
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SEE ANNEX A
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Greenbank Corridor
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Jock River Corridor
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Prince of Wales Corridor
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Riverside Drive Corridor
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TRANSIT PRIORITY
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Bank Street
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(Wellington Street to Heron Road)
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Blair Road
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(Innes Road to Montreal Road)
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Fisher Avenue
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(Dynes Road the NCC Driveway)
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Innes Road
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(Trim Road to St. Laurent Blvd.)
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Merivale Road
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(Hunt Club Road to Carling Avenue)
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Ogilvie Road
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(Blair road to Montreal Road)
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Richmond Road/ Somerset Street
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(Westboro Transitway Station to Bank Street)
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Wellington/Rideau/Montreal Road
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(Portage Bridge to Ogilvie Road)
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LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
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North-South Corridor
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(Rideau Centre to LeBreton Station)
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East-West Corridor
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(North-South Corridor to Bells Corners)
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BUS RAPID TRANSIT
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Albert/Slater Corridor
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(on-going)
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East-West Corridor (interim BRT)
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(Innes/Blair intersection to Trim Road)
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West Transitway Corridor
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(Eagleson Road to Terry Fox Station)
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ROADS
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Alta Vista Transportation Corridor
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(Nicholas Street to Riverside Drive)
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Campeau Drive
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(March Road to Terry Fox Drive)
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Fallowfield Road
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(Woodroffe Avenue to Prince of Wales Drive)
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Fernbank Road realignment
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(Terry Fox Drive Extension to Eagleson Road)
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Greenbank Road
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(Strandherd Drive to Cambrian Road)
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Jockvale Road
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(Prince of Wales Drive to Jock River)
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Jockvale/Longfields Link
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(Strandherd Drive to Jock River)
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Limebank Road
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(Limebank south of Earl Armstrong to Riverside)
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March Road
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(Morgans Grant to Old Carp Road)
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Mer Bleue Road
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(Innes Road to Blackburn Hamlet Bypass Extension)
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New East-West Road2
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(Hwy 416 to Rideau River)
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Prince of Wales Drive
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(Fisher Avenue to Woodroffe Avenue)
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Riverside Drive
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(Heron Road to Brookfield Road)
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Trim Road/Frank Kenny Extension
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(North Service Road to south of Innes Road) & (Old Trim Road from Trim Road/Frank Kenny to Innes Road)
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PHASE 3: Population of 1,200,000 (about 2021)
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WALKING & CYCLING
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Alta Vista to Ogilvie Corridor
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SEE ANNEX A
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Earl Armstrong Corridor
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Eastern Corridor
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Orleans South Corridor
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Sawmill Creek Corridor via Airport Parkway
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Southern Cross-town Corridor
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Trim Road/Cardinal Creek
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TRANSIT PRIORITY
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Heron Road/Walkley Road
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(Bank Street to St. Laurent Blvd.)
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Hunt Club Road
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(Riverside Drive to Bank Street)
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March Road
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(Hwy 417 to Morgans Grant Way)
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Robertson Road/Richmond Road
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(Moodie Drive to Carling Avenue)
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Smyth Road
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(St. Laurent Blvd. to Riverside Drive)
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LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
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Carling Ave Corridor
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(North-South Corridor- Lincoln Fields- Bayshore- Bells Corners)
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East-West Corridor
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(North-South Corridor - Innes/Blair intersection - Trim Road) & (Kanata North to Bells Corners)
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North-South Corridor
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(Limebank Road to Barrhaven)
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Rideau-Montreal-Blair Corridor
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(Rideau Centre to Innes/Blair Intersection)
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BUS RAPID TRANSIT
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Albert/Slater Corridor
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(on-going)
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Baseline Corridor (Phase II)
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(Navaho Drive to Data Centre)
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East Transitway Corridor
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(Place d’Orleans to Trim Road)
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Hospital Link Corridor
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(Hurdman Station -Hospital complex - Innes/Blair intersection)
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West Transitway Corridor
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(Woodroffe Avenue to Pinecrest Road)
& (Terry Fox Station to Hazeldean Road)
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ROADS
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Airport Parkway
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(Brookfield Road to Ottawa International Airport)
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Albion Road
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(Lester Road to Earl Armstrong Road)
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Alta Vista Transportation Corridor
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(Hospital complex to Walkley Road)
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Bank Street
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(Conroy Road to Leitrim Road)
& (Leitrim Road to Earl Armstrong Road)
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Conroy Road
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(Walkley Road to Hunt Club Road) & (Hunt Club Road to Bank Street)
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Cummings Avenue
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(Ogilvie Road to Cyrville Road)
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Cyrville Road
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(Cummings Avenue to Innes Road)
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Eagleson Road.
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(Fernbank Road to Hope Side Road)
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Freeway 174 (i.e., Queensway)
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(Eastbound lane from Blair Road to Montreal Road)
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Hope Side Road
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(Richmond Road to Highway 416)
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Innes-Walkley Connection
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(Innes Road to Walkley Road)– Phase II - widen to 4 lanes
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Katimavik Road
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(Terry Fox Drive to Eagleson Road)
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Lester Road
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(Airport Parkway to Albion Road)
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Longfields Drive Extension
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(Woodroffe Avenue to South Pointe Business Park)
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March Road
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(Old Carp Road to Dunrobin Road)
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Merivale Road
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(Fallowfield Road to Prince of Wales Drive) & (Slack Road to Amberwood
Crescent)
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New Rideau River bridge
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(Prince of Wales Drive to Riverside Drive)
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Riverside Drive
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(Hunt Club Road to Limebank Road)- Phase II - widen to 6 lanes
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St. Joseph Boulevard
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(Tenth Line Road to Dairy Road)
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Strandherd Drive
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(Greenbank Road to Woodroffe Avenue) Phase II - widen to 6 lanes
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Terry Fox Drive3
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(March Road to Richardson Side Road)
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Walkley Road
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(Heron Road to Highway 417)
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Notes:
- The link between Leitrim Road and Limebank Road has been advanced from phase 2 as approved by Council on 24 September 2003.
- Assumes no capacity enhancement to Highway 417 between Highway 416 and Anderson Road.
- The first 2 lanes of the following roads will be required initially to provide access to new developments. The timing of implementation for these projects depends on that of developments and therefore is subject to change:
- Terry Fox Drive (Cope Drive to Eagleson Road, and Goulbourn Forced Road to Richardson Side Road)
- Blackburn Hamlet Bypass Extension (Navan Road to Frank Kenny Road)
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In addition to the projects shown in Figure 14.1, other road projects are under consideration by senior levels of government, or are expected to occur as a result of new (primarily "greenfield") development. Figure 14.2 identifies these projects. While the City is consulted on the projects undertaken or initiated by senior levels of government, implementation decisions ultimately rest with the responsible agency. Timing and delivery of roadway projects for new development, undertaken by others, will be assessed through on-going discussions with the private sector.
