As part of our commitment to keep you informed about planned work project scheduled to take place in your ward, I would like inform you about upcoming planned work that Hydro Ottawa will be undertaking in conjunction with the City of Ottawa’s LRT Confederation Line West extension. Affected Streets: Byron Avenue Richardson Avenue New Orchard…
The Stage 2 Light Rail Transit project will extend the O-Train farther south, east, and west, bringing 77% of residents within five kilometres of rail. Construction is underway with design efforts advancing across all three extensions. In 2020, design work for connectivity to stations will be completed. The City of Ottawa is looking for your…
Rail Flyover Bridge Construction of the future guideway from Lincoln Fields Station under Carling Avenue into Connaught Park will be built in phases. Crews are currently working on relocating utilities in several areas, out of the way of future LRT infrastructure. They have also started building piers for the rail flyover bridge, which will ultimately…
The Stage 2 Team has sent an update regarding the truck route via Queensview Drive through the OC Transpo facility. As the City is opening up, OC Transpo intends to return to regular service levels the week of June 29th. As a result, the hours KEV is able to use the facility for access are…
During construction for the next few years Byron will generally be an open excavation. As such the sidewalk on the south side of Byron is currently under construction so that when the Byron Linear Park closes pedestrians and kids on bikes have somewhere to safely be. Once construction is completed, the Byron Linear Park will…
The planting of trees will occur once landscaping begins. The Contractor is not at the stage of beginning landscaping design work, that will come once infrastructure design work is completed and under construction. Currently they are updating and maintaining the inventory of trees that have been removed. When the landscaping stage of LRT project starts,…
KEV has been granted a noise bylaw exemption permit from June 23 to July 31 for flyover bridge drilled shaft concrete pouring work in Connaught Park. The equipment required for these works are a drilling rig, crane, generator, and misc trucks. The closest residents to these works are approximately 130 metres away on Connaught Ave.…
Overall The City of Ottawa’s Rail Construction Program is closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and is in contact with the constructors about adhering to guidance provided by Ottawa Public Health and the Province of Ontario. Construction is underway across all three Stage 2 O-Train Extensions: In the south, there is ongoing work at the Walkley…
This interactive map is created and updated by my office. It is not published by the Stage 2 Team. It is a work in progress and only covers construction being done in Bay Ward. We welcome feedback on its usefulness.
Investigation of Unknown Utilities in Byron Linear Park Please be advised that yesterday, KEV notified the Rail Office Construction team that they are planning to begin an investigation on unknown underground utilities in Byron Linear Park in advance of tunnel excavations later this summer. At this point I have no details beyond the fact that…