Stop The Kettle Island Bridge

An analysis of the ROCHE-NCE study

Christine, a concerned citizen and author of 10 facts about the consultant’s selection process, has prepared a compelling analysis and critique of the ROCHE-NCE study.

This is an excellent piece of work that very convincingly highlights and summarizes the flaws and shortcomings of the Kettle Island recommendation. Christine has distributed this report to our elected representatives and decision-makers for their consideration.
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SYNOPSIS

While most parties agree that a bridge between the Ottawa and Gatineau regions is necessary, local history has taught us that continuing to pursue an incorrect option will result in years of litigation, and eventually, the need to once again commission a properly conducted site selection study.

The selection of Kettle Island as a location for a new bridge between Ottawa and Gatineau is based on incomplete and insufficient information and clearly goes against the best interests of our communities, the region, municipalities and provincial governments.

The City of Ottawa Council’s probable decision to continue with the next phase of execution of the Kettle Island bridge site is based almost entirely on a misleading and one‐sided environmental assessment report conducted by the consulting firm, Roche‐NCE.

In the interest of providing clarity and transparency to the ongoing dialogue on Kettle Island, this report was prepared in consultation with a small group of concerned professionals, consisting of Accountants, Auditors, Consultants, Financial and Systems Analysts to provide decision‐makers and the public with a thorough analysis of the Roche‐NCE consulting report.

The findings from this analysis are that the consultant’s report is highly suspect and flawed on a number of significant fronts. Highlights include:

• The Roche‐NCE consultant’s study is almost completely devoid of considerations affecting communities, local commerce and “environmental sensitive” and protected areas such as the Montfort Woods;
• While the consultant’s methodology and sensitivity analysis is complicated and complex, the analysis is unsophisticated and highly susceptible to manipulation through discretionary interpretation such as the weightings of factor groups and sub‐elements.
• The sequence of events leading to the report, suggest that the report is the product of a pre‐determined decision from previous City of Ottawa Council meetings.

We urge the City of Ottawa Council members, the NCC Board members and decision‐makers at all levels to critically assess the validity of the consultant’s study and to consider the addition of more viable alternative corridors so that current efforts are not wasted and that the Ottawa‐Gatineau region gets a bridge in a location that serves all of our best interests.

Sincerely,
Christine
A Concerned Resident
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