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A new policy that will allow ghost bikes and other impromptu roadside memorials to people killed on Ottawa’s streets to remain in place for up to six months was approved Thursday by city council.
City staff initially said such memorials should only be allowed for 90 days, but some councillors felt that wasn’t long enough so the transportation committee voted to double the timeline.
People can also pay $250 for memorial plaques that the city would design, install and maintain for two years.
Existing memorials may be taken down by the city six months from now.
Council also approved a plan to build new segregated bike lanes along Confederation Boulevard near the U.S. Embassy.
The $1.7-million project will see concrete barriers on the east side of Mackenzie Avenue — installed along the roadway after the 9/11 attack — replaced with bollards, behind which segregated, bi-directional bike lanes will be built between Rideau and Murray streets.
The new bikes lanes will connect to existing ones on Sussex Drive, St. Patrick Street, the Alexandra Bridge and the path along the east side of the Rideau Canal.
The National Capital Commission is slated to contribute $875,000 to the project; the city will pay $825,000. Those figures don’t include the cost of resurfacing of Mackenzie Avenue, or the cost of replacing the jersey barriers with bollards, which the NCC and U.S. Embassy will cover.
Installation of the new bollards and bike lanes is to be done in conjunction with road resurfacing on Mackenzie scheduled for 2016.
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City staff initially said such memorials should only be allowed for 90 days, but some councillors felt that wasn’t long enough so the transportation committee voted to double the timeline.
People can also pay $250 for memorial plaques that the city would design, install and maintain for two years.
Existing memorials may be taken down by the city six months from now.
Council also approved a plan to build new segregated bike lanes along Confederation Boulevard near the U.S. Embassy.
The $1.7-million project will see concrete barriers on the east side of Mackenzie Avenue — installed along the roadway after the 9/11 attack — replaced with bollards, behind which segregated, bi-directional bike lanes will be built between Rideau and Murray streets.
The new bikes lanes will connect to existing ones on Sussex Drive, St. Patrick Street, the Alexandra Bridge and the path along the east side of the Rideau Canal.
The National Capital Commission is slated to contribute $875,000 to the project; the city will pay $825,000. Those figures don’t include the cost of resurfacing of Mackenzie Avenue, or the cost of replacing the jersey barriers with bollards, which the NCC and U.S. Embassy will cover.
Installation of the new bollards and bike lanes is to be done in conjunction with road resurfacing on Mackenzie scheduled for 2016.
mpearson@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/mpearson78
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