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Not so long ago, a relative of one of the people killed in the fatal September 2013 bus crash at Fallowfield Road and Woodroffe Avenue wanted to be close to the spot where their loved one died.
But they couldn’t get very close — OC Transpo buses were passing nearby on the Transitway and officials from Via Rail who were on scene monitoring the rail crossing told the person, who just wanted to lay a single flower, that they couldn’t be there.
“They need a place, they need a place to be close,” said Jan Harder, the city councillor for Barrhaven.
And soon they will have one.
On Wednesday, at the end of the city council meeting, Harder unveiled plans for the new Memorial Park, which will open later this year as a lasting tribute to the six people who lost their lives on Sept. 18, 2013, when a double-decker OC Transpo bus collided with a Via passenger train.
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The memorial, which Harder says has been approved by surviving members of each of the victim’s families, will be built in the northeast corner of the Fallowfield park and ride lot.
It will feature a “bosquet” — a formal plantation of trees — and individual elements to commemorate each of the victims, as recommended by their families.
“What you’re going to see is why each of them mattered to their families and to the community,” Harder said.
A plaque in the centre will tell the story of the monument and the 91 people from Barrhaven who were on the bus that day, Harder said.
Only the driver, Dave Woodard, was not from Barrhaven — a community Harder says is still reeling from the tragedy.
“You just can’t go anywhere that people are still not in shock and grieving.”
Harder says the location is suitable because it’s private, there is parking and transit nearby, and it’s the safest possible location close to the site. An impromptu memorial has been set up near the crossing.
She and Mayor Jim Watson had hoped the $125,000 memorial would be finished by the end of June, but it’s now more likely to be done by Thanksgiving.
“This is going to be a very sacred place for them to go and reflect upon the lost lives,” Watson said.
In addition to Woodard, the crash claimed the lives of Connor Boyd, Kyle Nash, Karen Krzyzewski, Michael Bleakney and Rob More.
Several lawsuits have been filed against the city and Woodard’s estate since the crash.
Watson said the city has not heard when the Transportation Safety Board plans to release its final report on the crash.
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But they couldn’t get very close — OC Transpo buses were passing nearby on the Transitway and officials from Via Rail who were on scene monitoring the rail crossing told the person, who just wanted to lay a single flower, that they couldn’t be there.
“They need a place, they need a place to be close,” said Jan Harder, the city councillor for Barrhaven.
And soon they will have one.
On Wednesday, at the end of the city council meeting, Harder unveiled plans for the new Memorial Park, which will open later this year as a lasting tribute to the six people who lost their lives on Sept. 18, 2013, when a double-decker OC Transpo bus collided with a Via passenger train.
CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE
The memorial, which Harder says has been approved by surviving members of each of the victim’s families, will be built in the northeast corner of the Fallowfield park and ride lot.
It will feature a “bosquet” — a formal plantation of trees — and individual elements to commemorate each of the victims, as recommended by their families.
“What you’re going to see is why each of them mattered to their families and to the community,” Harder said.
A plaque in the centre will tell the story of the monument and the 91 people from Barrhaven who were on the bus that day, Harder said.
Only the driver, Dave Woodard, was not from Barrhaven — a community Harder says is still reeling from the tragedy.
“You just can’t go anywhere that people are still not in shock and grieving.”
Harder says the location is suitable because it’s private, there is parking and transit nearby, and it’s the safest possible location close to the site. An impromptu memorial has been set up near the crossing.
She and Mayor Jim Watson had hoped the $125,000 memorial would be finished by the end of June, but it’s now more likely to be done by Thanksgiving.
“This is going to be a very sacred place for them to go and reflect upon the lost lives,” Watson said.
In addition to Woodard, the crash claimed the lives of Connor Boyd, Kyle Nash, Karen Krzyzewski, Michael Bleakney and Rob More.
Several lawsuits have been filed against the city and Woodard’s estate since the crash.
Watson said the city has not heard when the Transportation Safety Board plans to release its final report on the crash.
mpearson@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/mpearson78
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