CBC Ottawa Morning – Bridge Debate
February 12th, 2009 Posted in News and Commentary, Project Critique, Video and Audio Clips
Listen to a bridge debate aired this morning on CBC:
http://www.cbc.ca/ottawamorning/archives.html
Here’s a summary of the main points made by Judy Lishman, Chair of the Manor Park Bridge Committee:
- Council has missed an opportunity to have a say in the matter. Besides, it is not a funding partner.
- Out of the studies done in the past, Kettle was in fact not chosen as the top option.
- The Phase I study didn’t look at mitigation issues. That will come later.
- Both provinces have decided that three choices deserve a second look.
- Kettle would take traffic through the longest and most heavily populated corridor.
February 12th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
I was annoyed by the claim made by Mr.Sharma that the Duck Island corridor would be within 1KM of parts of Orleans. This is patently untrue — it is approximately 2KM from the closest houses in Orleans. It is closer than that to North Beacon, however: about 1KM.