Heavy truck traffic causes tragic death downtown
‘A nightmare’ – Pedestrian’s death sparks renewed fight to reroute truck traffic from downtown
An elderly woman has become the latest victim of heavy truck traffic on downtown streets after she was knocked down Friday morning and died later in hospital.
Click here for the full article, published in the Ottawa Citizen on Oct. 31.
Opponents of the Kettle Island crossing agree that the truck situation at King Edward and Rideau St. is deplorable, but the solution is not to transfer the problem to other highly populated areas such as the intersection of Montreal Rd. and Aviation Parkway – site of a hospital, high rise, pedestrians and bikers. The point is that truck routes should not run through areas where there are a lot of people. Period.
You are encouraged to write to the Ottawa Citizen in response to this article to reinforce the point that trucks and people don’t mix.
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November 5th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
There was a bad accident on Aviation Pkwy last night (Nov 4) at the college entrance. The road was even closed for a while. This would be the intersection where the elementary school is a few feet away from the parkway. Imagine if it involved a propane transport truck or dangerous chemicals. Another disturbing example of why this option is being considered by brains of cave men. You do not send transport trucks through high density corridors. There is a society of people living along this corridor.
November 7th, 2008 at 10:34 am
See the letter to the editor in response to this article by John Forsey,President, Manor Park Community Association:
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/letters/story.html?id=30453c36-7e89-45c8-a965-f07093aa6bb1