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The staff recommendation for Ottawa's transit master plan was released, including light rail to Riverside South but not to Orleans, Barrhaven or Kanata. Councillor Wilkinson supports the plan except proposing extending the O-Train to Riverside South instead of light rail, which would be more cost effective. She will recommend including O-Train extension information at public consultations on the plan, but has been told she can't provide that alternative option. Councillor Wilkinson urges residents to attend the Kanata public consultation on May 6 to provide input on the transit plan that will affect travel and taxes.

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2008 - 04 - 18 - Column

The staff recommendation for Ottawa's transit master plan was released, including light rail to Riverside South but not to Orleans, Barrhaven or Kanata. Councillor Wilkinson supports the plan except proposing extending the O-Train to Riverside South instead of light rail, which would be more cost effective. She will recommend including O-Train extension information at public consultations on the plan, but has been told she can't provide that alternative option. Councillor Wilkinson urges residents to attend the Kanata public consultation on May 6 to provide input on the transit plan that will affect travel and taxes.

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KANATA NORTH NEWS Marianne Wilkinson Councillor, Kanata North TRANSIT PLAN RELEASED

On Wednesday of this week, the staff recommendation for the transit master plan was released. I am writing this prior to that date and have not yet seen the complete report. However, I have been told that no motions will be permitted by Committee since the plan will be debated on May 21 after six public consultations are held on the staff proposal. My problem with this is that any changes that Council might make after the consultations will not have any public consultation at all. It is apparent that the selected plan will be #4, which includes light rail to Riverside South but not to Orleans, Barrhaven or Kanata. I support the rest of plan 4 but strongly suggest that Riverside South should be served by an extension of the O-Train. This is very cost effective and staff have already located additional trains for this extension. Staff have also told me that extending the O-Train could be an intermediate step in the process which makes a lot of sense. It will likely be at least 10 years before the tunnel and extensions to Blair in the East and Baseline in the west are completed. At that time there should be an assessment of the ridership, particularly in filling the trains in both directions, before a decision is made on which community outside the Greenbelt should have the first light rail trains rather than automatically building it to Riverside South (which today has a population of only about 7,000). I will be putting forward a recommendation to include information on a plan with the O-Train extension at the Open Houses. So far Ive been told I cant do that which means the public will not have all the information available to them that will later be debated at Council. The decision on a transit system will affect all of us, both in convenience of travel and in tax dollars. I urge you to attend the public session in Kanata on May 6 from 7-9 pm at Holy Trinity Catholic High School on Katimavik Road. Depending on the results of this weeks meeting, Ill be providing you with further information prior to the meeting.

SPRING CLEANING THE CAPITAL


Join me on Apr. 26, Capital Cleanup Day, to pick up litter in our community. Well meet at the Mlacak Centre at 1 pm and go out in groups. Please call or email me if you can help. This is our community and if we all pitch in we can keep it beautiful.

MANAGEMENT PLAN, SOUTH MARCH HIGHLANDS

Plan to attend the Open House on Apr. 30 on the Management Plan for the South March Highlands Conservation area. We are privileged to have more than 1130 acres of municipally owned land within the larger South March Highlands forest and natural environment area, one of the most ecologically significant and diverse areas in the City of Ottawa. The Open House is from 7-9 pm at the Old Town Hall on March Road just north of Klondike Road.

ODDS AND SODS


Street sweeping is starting this week and should be completed by mid May. On Apr. 20 there will be modifications to OC Transpo schedules please check for times on your routes. Remember to register or renew your dog and cat licenses by Apr. 30. Watch for Janes walk a festival of walking tours named after famed urbanist Jane Jacobs May 3-4.

Coming Events
Apr. 26 Morgans Grant clean our community, 9 am Apr. 26 Clean our community with Marianne, meet at Mlacak Centre at 1 pm Apr. 28 Kanata North Ward Council, Program Room, Kanata Seniors Centre, 7-9 pm Apr. 30 Open House on Management Plan for South March Highlands, Old Town Hall, March Road just north of Klondike, 7-9 pm May 3 Beaverbrook clean our community May 6 Transit Master Plan Open House, Holy Trinity High School, 7-9 pm

Serving the residents and businesses in Kanata North


To receive the Kanata North Newsletter, to deal with a concern or make a suggestion contact me at 613-580-2474, email [email protected] or through www.mariannewilkinson.com.

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