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The city is planning to spend $2 million to permanently reroute a bike path crossing along the O-Train corridor because of transit service expansion that will increase the frequency of trains.
Instead of having an at-grade crossing, a segregated pathway connection will be put in place on the Brookfield multi use pathway between Heron Park, Riverside Park and Confederation Heights, said Carina Duclos, manager of the city’s infrastructure services department. The pathway will move northwest under the existing O-Train bridge that crosses Sawmill Creek, she said.
At the moment, she said, it’s the only at-grade crossing of the O-Train corridor “and with the increased frequency of the planned service expansion this will significantly enhance safety.”
Having a segregated pathway will also mean not needing bells and lights at the crossing to warn users, Duclos noted. The O-Train service expansion is meant to increase the frequency of trains from 15 minutes to about eight minutes.
The estimated $2-million cost is among the budget adjustments going to the city’s finance and economic development committee on Tuesday, in a report about capital adjustments.
The report also details another related item. City staff want to spend $400,000 on the Belfast multi use pathway, to construct a segregated area for cyclists and pedestrians between the Ottawa Train Yards and Coventry Road.
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Instead of having an at-grade crossing, a segregated pathway connection will be put in place on the Brookfield multi use pathway between Heron Park, Riverside Park and Confederation Heights, said Carina Duclos, manager of the city’s infrastructure services department. The pathway will move northwest under the existing O-Train bridge that crosses Sawmill Creek, she said.
At the moment, she said, it’s the only at-grade crossing of the O-Train corridor “and with the increased frequency of the planned service expansion this will significantly enhance safety.”
Having a segregated pathway will also mean not needing bells and lights at the crossing to warn users, Duclos noted. The O-Train service expansion is meant to increase the frequency of trains from 15 minutes to about eight minutes.
The estimated $2-million cost is among the budget adjustments going to the city’s finance and economic development committee on Tuesday, in a report about capital adjustments.
The report also details another related item. City staff want to spend $400,000 on the Belfast multi use pathway, to construct a segregated area for cyclists and pedestrians between the Ottawa Train Yards and Coventry Road.
cmills@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/CarysMills
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