Budget 2020 – Ward 7 – Bay – Bay Ward Bulletin

Ward investments in 2020

Infrastructure

Parks and facilities

Transportation

$817 million to fund Stage 2 of Ottawa’s light-rail transit system, extending service to Baseline and Moodie stations and adding 15 kilometres and 11 stations along the Confederation Line, west of Tunney’s Pasture Station
$120,000 to replace hydro poles along Edwin Crescent and in Britannia Bay
$220,000 to plan improvements to active transportation facilities along Richmond Road between Cleary and Golden avenues
Planning for new sidewalks along Connaught, Roman and Ahearn avenues

Wards projects underway

Infrastructure

$8.9 million to retrofit equipment at the Britannia water treatment plant to enhance performance during extreme cold weather
$500,000 to repair the Britannia Village berm, which has proven effective in protecting the community during spring floods in recent years
Rehabilitation of sewer segments requiring trenchless sewer lining, including along Carling Avenue between Ritchie Street and Moore Avenue
Renewal of multi-use pathways, including the Dumaurier Avenue pathway between Ramsey Crescent and Pinecrest Road
Renewal of sidewalks, curbs and multi-use pathways, along with traffic calming, including sidewalks along McEwen Avenue between Ambleside Drive and the cul-de-sac, and along Bayfield Avenue
Replacement of culverts within the Mississippi Valley Conversation Authority boundary, including along Corkstown Road
Construction of the north Kanata sewer phase two, including a two-kilometre sanitary trunk sewer between Legget Drive and Herzberg Road
Rehabilitation of various storm and combined sewer outfalls to the Ottawa River, including along Harbour Landing Private, Woodroffe Avenue and North Rice Avenue

Transportation

$12 million to design and prepare to acquire property for a new bus-transit corridor between Bayshore and Heron stations

Parks and facilities

$252,000 to remediate southeast tower and stairwell cladding at Fire Station 22
$290,000 to repair asphalt and complete resurfacing at the entrance to the Ron Kolbus facility parking lot
$280,000 to replace play equipment at Woodroffe Park
$180,000 to replace play equipment at Whitehaven/George C. Brown Park
$192,000 to replace equipment at Barwell Park
$7,500 for a play structure at Bayshore Public School
$118,000 for tennis court conversion at Crystal Beach
$11,000 for a bunker and benches at Lakeview Park
$994,500 for a fieldhouse at Woodroffe Park

Housing

$2.5 million for safety, accessibility and energy efficiency improvements to social housing

Community and social services

$3.9 million for 133 additional child-care spaces for infants, toddlers and preschoolers

Recently completed ward projects

Infrastructure

$1.1 million to rebuild the multi-use pathway along Carling Avenue between Crystal Beach and Holly Acres roads
$70,000 to demolish and basement backfill 414 Edgeworth Avenue
Repairs to storm drainage networks at Howe Street and Britannia Road
Replacement of the Moore Avenue retaining wall
Implementation of new and repaired bike lanes and sidewalks
Repair of the Queensway Bridge transit lane
Resurfacing roads including Sherbourne Road between Carling and Byron avenues and on Carling Avenue between Grandview and Corkstown roads

Transportation

Installation of temporary traffic-calming measures
Construction of a new sidewalk along Dumaurier Avenue between Pinecrest Road and Ramsey Crescent

Transit

$5.1 million towards the system-wide expansion of the OC Transpo bus service network, adding new or increased service in Ward 7 on Route 11 and 66

Community and social services

Housing

$94,999 through the Ontario Renovates program to assist low-income seniors and people with disabilities with repairs or home modifications to support independent living
$122,803 for the Canadian Mental Health Association to acquire one condominium unit at 3100 Carling Avenue under the Home for Good Program

Budget 2020 – Ward 7 – Bay