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Three vastly different corridors for the future LRT link through Kanata will receive further review after staff found 13 ways to run an electrified rail service between Moodie Drive and the Canadian Tire Centre.
The city has already identified what it believes is the strongest route, which would follow the existing rapid bus transit corridor along the north side of Highway 417 and south into the arena lands. It would be a nine-kilometre extension.
But two alternative routes, each serving very different parts of the western suburbs, are being pushed forward into the next round of studies.
The city unveiled the options during an open house this week.
In the 16.5-kilometre Kanata North corridor, trains would leave Moodie station and follow Highway 417, swing north along March Road to the Kanata North Business Park before rolling west down Terry Fox Drive and south toward the Canadian Tire Centre. It would essentially be a half-loop of Kanata North. The city says it would be expensive to build and operate.
The 12.2-kilometre Kanata South option would have trains leave Moodie station going south to Bells Corners before swinging west along an existing trail (a former railway) before turning north just before Huntmar Drive to the Canadian Tire Centre. It would still require a bus service across the greenbelt, but the rail line wouldn’t be as cost prohibitive as the Kanata North alternative.
The straight shot along the north side of the highway, on a protected rapid bus corridor, already seems to be the logical route.
Both Kanata councillors agree, even if the two alternatives could directly serve parts of their wards.
But as Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley pointed out, the south alternative would replace the Trans Canada Trail and have trains run behind the backyards of homes.
And Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson acknowledged that the alternative through her ward would make a long transit commute for riders and be costly to build.
“I’d like to get something sooner than later, frankly,” Wilkinson said.
Hubley predicted Kanata LRT will bring a huge payback to the city since riders will be travelling on trains to work in each direction, considering the business growth in the suburb.
The first step is getting the trains to Moodie Drive by 2023.
The city believes it can afford the roughly $70 million to extend LRT to Moodie Drive in the $3-billion Stage 2 blueprint. At the very least, the Stage 2 plan will extend rail as far west as Bayshore Shopping Centre, with a forked southern route between Lincoln Fields and Algonquin College.
When it comes to Kanata LRT, the 13 corridor options on the city’s long list featured a wide-ranging approach to running trains through the suburb.
There were options to run trains north from Moodie station and then west down Carling Avenue and Terry Fox Drive. Other options run trains northwest diagonally through Kanata North and then south to the Canadian Tire Centre.
There were options through Kanata South, too, like running trains south from Moodie station and then west on Robertson Road, or along Timm Drive and Katimavik Road.
Another option proposed to run LRT up the gut of a widened Highway 417 median.
The city will continue to study the three shortlisted options and come up with preliminary cost estimates. There will be another open house scheduled in the fall.
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The city has already identified what it believes is the strongest route, which would follow the existing rapid bus transit corridor along the north side of Highway 417 and south into the arena lands. It would be a nine-kilometre extension.
But two alternative routes, each serving very different parts of the western suburbs, are being pushed forward into the next round of studies.
The city unveiled the options during an open house this week.
In the 16.5-kilometre Kanata North corridor, trains would leave Moodie station and follow Highway 417, swing north along March Road to the Kanata North Business Park before rolling west down Terry Fox Drive and south toward the Canadian Tire Centre. It would essentially be a half-loop of Kanata North. The city says it would be expensive to build and operate.
The 12.2-kilometre Kanata South option would have trains leave Moodie station going south to Bells Corners before swinging west along an existing trail (a former railway) before turning north just before Huntmar Drive to the Canadian Tire Centre. It would still require a bus service across the greenbelt, but the rail line wouldn’t be as cost prohibitive as the Kanata North alternative.
The straight shot along the north side of the highway, on a protected rapid bus corridor, already seems to be the logical route.
Both Kanata councillors agree, even if the two alternatives could directly serve parts of their wards.
But as Kanata South Coun. Allan Hubley pointed out, the south alternative would replace the Trans Canada Trail and have trains run behind the backyards of homes.
And Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson acknowledged that the alternative through her ward would make a long transit commute for riders and be costly to build.
“I’d like to get something sooner than later, frankly,” Wilkinson said.
Hubley predicted Kanata LRT will bring a huge payback to the city since riders will be travelling on trains to work in each direction, considering the business growth in the suburb.
The first step is getting the trains to Moodie Drive by 2023.
The city believes it can afford the roughly $70 million to extend LRT to Moodie Drive in the $3-billion Stage 2 blueprint. At the very least, the Stage 2 plan will extend rail as far west as Bayshore Shopping Centre, with a forked southern route between Lincoln Fields and Algonquin College.
When it comes to Kanata LRT, the 13 corridor options on the city’s long list featured a wide-ranging approach to running trains through the suburb.
There were options to run trains north from Moodie station and then west down Carling Avenue and Terry Fox Drive. Other options run trains northwest diagonally through Kanata North and then south to the Canadian Tire Centre.
There were options through Kanata South, too, like running trains south from Moodie station and then west on Robertson Road, or along Timm Drive and Katimavik Road.
Another option proposed to run LRT up the gut of a widened Highway 417 median.
The city will continue to study the three shortlisted options and come up with preliminary cost estimates. There will be another open house scheduled in the fall.
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
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