NCC’s official Phase 1 submission to the Board of Directors
I just came across the official submission to the NCC Board of Directors, posted on the NCC Interprovincial Crossings website. This is the NCC’s official document of record of the history and current state of the project upon the completion of Phase 1, and was presented to the NCC Board on February 13, 2009 for approval.
As noted on the NCC web:
The Board of Directors members approved the following:
The recommendations contained in the January 5, 2009, Interprovincial Crossings EA Study – Summary Report, by Roche-NCE, with the following amendments:
- In addition to the consultant’s recommendation to assess in detail the Kettle Island crossing, the corridors at Lower Duck Island and Gatineau Airport/McLaurin Bay be included in Phase 2 of the study, subject to approval by the three funding partners.
- The Board also approved that the commercial vehicles planning study to review interprovincial crossings and the ability to meet forecast demand be started in parallel to the EA study.
This document summarizes Phase 1 results, stakeholder recommendations, funding, impacts and risks, next steps, and includes an appendix with official correspondence with and documentation from MTO, MTQ, City of Ottawa, and City of Gatineau.
Click here to access the full document.
It’s a worthy read.
Loading ...
March 17th, 2009 at 10:10 am
Interesting that the NCC report in summarizing Gatineau’s official position does not include this council’s resolution that it is unacceptable to put heavy commercial vehicles on Montée Paiement and their request that Ottawa retain heavy commercial vehicles on the Macdonald-Cartier/King Edward axis. The summary statement is simply that Gatineau approves study of corridor 5 in the next phase. I wonder why? The summary statement of Ottawa’s position, on the other hand, includes all the flip flops Council has taken on the issue over the last two months.
The full resolution of Gatineau’s position is included in the Appendix.
The NCC report also states that there is potential for consensus on the interprovincial crossing site locatiion among the 5 stakeholders. Ever the optimist…