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The National Capital Commission is thinking more about how to reduce conflicts between pedestrians and cyclists on its pathways by seeing where it can separate the two.
Mark Kristmanson, CEO of the NCC, said the agency won’t be able to create segregated pathways everywhere in its network, but he encouraged people to provide feedback on the idea of separating cyclists and pedestrians, and giving each their own dedicated pathway.
The NCC is in the middle of writing a new strategic plan for its pathway system. The board received an update on the work Thursday before a draft plan comes back in early 2019.
The pathways are generally three metres wide, but the NCC is considering how to split them between cyclists and pedestrians or at least widen pathways in high-traffic areas.
During the consultations, the public has brought up the need for cyclists and pedestrians to better share the pathways. Judging by the feedback, widening or segregating them is a public priority, along with pathway standards, signage and connectivity with other pathways.
According to the NCC, the cyclists-versus-pedestrians issue “loomed particularly large” during the consultations.
NCC board member Larry Beasley said more people seem to be put in danger by fast-moving cyclists.
“I find the pathways dangerous right now as pedestrian,” Beasley said during the meeting, suggesting the conflicts will increase as more people bike the pathway network.
Kristmanson said the NCC hears a variety of comments from the public about pathways, but the agency isn’t inundated with feedback on conflicts between pedestrians and cyclists.
“I sometimes get letters complaining about people speeding on the pathways on bikes and asking what we’re going to do about that, and we do blitzes every summer to raise awareness about speed limits,” Kristmanson said.
The speed limit on NCC pathways is 20 km/h.
There’s also the challenge of reconciling recreation use of the pathways and their function as transportation routes. Board member Sara Jane O’Neill encouraged staff to make sure the pathway plan considers cyclists who commute or use the pathways for regular transportation.
The future of the NCC’s pathways is also part of a park blueprint for the south shore of the Ottawa River.
An improved nine-kilometre park between Mud Lake and LeBreton Flats is partly the result of an agreement between the NCC and City of Ottawa on using federal land for the Stage 2 LRT line. The city, which is contributing $30 million to the park enhancement, will build the LRT system below a realigned Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway roughly between Dominion and Cleary avenues.
In the short-term, the NCC wants to build a gateway park in Rochester Field, refurbish the pavilion at Westboro Beach and move the parking lot near the Champlain Bridge farther away from the shoreline. Over the long-term, the NCC wants to have over-the-river boardwalks in the area of the Deschênes Rapids, to reconfigure the ramp between the parkway and Parkdale Avenue and to provide separate pathways for cyclists and pedestrians.
A board celebrated its approval of the park blueprint as a major milestone. Bob Plamondon fought back tears as he moved the motion to approve the blueprint. Plamondon, who was instrumental in bringing the NCC and city together to negotiate the LRT land use over the winter of 2014-2015, appeared at his last meeting before the end of his term as a board member.
The NCC will now try to come up with a name for the 220-hectare park.
Final design approved for the Memorial to the Victims of Communism
Construction on the Memorial to the Victims of Communism is scheduled to begin this summer now that the NCC has approved the final design.
The memorial will be in the Garden of the Provinces and Territories between Wellington Street and Sparks Street, west of Bay Street.
Construction will cost $2 million, plus $50,000 for soil decontamination. The non-profit organization Tribute to Liberty is matching government funds to build the memorial.
The unveiling is scheduled for summer 2019.
The National Capital Commission-approved design for the Memorial to the Victims of Communism, as presented June 21, 2018. Source: National Capital Commission
The NCC says maintenance costs will gradually increase over 25 years, from $19,000 in Year 1 to $475,000 in Year 25. The agency, so far, has enough money for just over 12 years of maintenance. It will have to talk further with Canadian Heritage and the memorial design team about the lifecycle work.
The NCC must also negotiate with the City of Ottawa to use municipal land for the construction of the memorial.
An existing art installation, Twelve Points in a Classical Balance by artist Chung Hung, will be relocated to the nearby Bronson Park, which overlooks the Garden of the Provinces and Territories.
Planning on the LeBreton Flats redevelopment chugs along
The NCC didn’t have a major update on the LeBreton Flats redevelopment. Kristmanson said the NCC and the RendezVous LeBreton Group hope to have a master development agreement done by mid-2019.
RendezVous has been working on environmental studies and talking with the City of Ottawa about planning requirements, Kristmanson said.
The NCC has been meeting with Algonquin community leaders about the redevelopment, he said.
The Ottawa Senators and Trinity Developments are the major partners in RendezVous, whose vision includes an 18,000-seat arena surrounded by a new mixed-use community.
There’s still no word on what would happen with the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata.
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Mark Kristmanson, CEO of the NCC, said the agency won’t be able to create segregated pathways everywhere in its network, but he encouraged people to provide feedback on the idea of separating cyclists and pedestrians, and giving each their own dedicated pathway.
The NCC is in the middle of writing a new strategic plan for its pathway system. The board received an update on the work Thursday before a draft plan comes back in early 2019.
The pathways are generally three metres wide, but the NCC is considering how to split them between cyclists and pedestrians or at least widen pathways in high-traffic areas.
During the consultations, the public has brought up the need for cyclists and pedestrians to better share the pathways. Judging by the feedback, widening or segregating them is a public priority, along with pathway standards, signage and connectivity with other pathways.
According to the NCC, the cyclists-versus-pedestrians issue “loomed particularly large” during the consultations.
NCC board member Larry Beasley said more people seem to be put in danger by fast-moving cyclists.
“I find the pathways dangerous right now as pedestrian,” Beasley said during the meeting, suggesting the conflicts will increase as more people bike the pathway network.
Kristmanson said the NCC hears a variety of comments from the public about pathways, but the agency isn’t inundated with feedback on conflicts between pedestrians and cyclists.
“I sometimes get letters complaining about people speeding on the pathways on bikes and asking what we’re going to do about that, and we do blitzes every summer to raise awareness about speed limits,” Kristmanson said.
The speed limit on NCC pathways is 20 km/h.
There’s also the challenge of reconciling recreation use of the pathways and their function as transportation routes. Board member Sara Jane O’Neill encouraged staff to make sure the pathway plan considers cyclists who commute or use the pathways for regular transportation.
The future of the NCC’s pathways is also part of a park blueprint for the south shore of the Ottawa River.
An improved nine-kilometre park between Mud Lake and LeBreton Flats is partly the result of an agreement between the NCC and City of Ottawa on using federal land for the Stage 2 LRT line. The city, which is contributing $30 million to the park enhancement, will build the LRT system below a realigned Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway roughly between Dominion and Cleary avenues.
In the short-term, the NCC wants to build a gateway park in Rochester Field, refurbish the pavilion at Westboro Beach and move the parking lot near the Champlain Bridge farther away from the shoreline. Over the long-term, the NCC wants to have over-the-river boardwalks in the area of the Deschênes Rapids, to reconfigure the ramp between the parkway and Parkdale Avenue and to provide separate pathways for cyclists and pedestrians.
A board celebrated its approval of the park blueprint as a major milestone. Bob Plamondon fought back tears as he moved the motion to approve the blueprint. Plamondon, who was instrumental in bringing the NCC and city together to negotiate the LRT land use over the winter of 2014-2015, appeared at his last meeting before the end of his term as a board member.
The NCC will now try to come up with a name for the 220-hectare park.
Final design approved for the Memorial to the Victims of Communism
Construction on the Memorial to the Victims of Communism is scheduled to begin this summer now that the NCC has approved the final design.
The memorial will be in the Garden of the Provinces and Territories between Wellington Street and Sparks Street, west of Bay Street.
Construction will cost $2 million, plus $50,000 for soil decontamination. The non-profit organization Tribute to Liberty is matching government funds to build the memorial.
The unveiling is scheduled for summer 2019.
The National Capital Commission-approved design for the Memorial to the Victims of Communism, as presented June 21, 2018. Source: National Capital Commission
The NCC says maintenance costs will gradually increase over 25 years, from $19,000 in Year 1 to $475,000 in Year 25. The agency, so far, has enough money for just over 12 years of maintenance. It will have to talk further with Canadian Heritage and the memorial design team about the lifecycle work.
The NCC must also negotiate with the City of Ottawa to use municipal land for the construction of the memorial.
An existing art installation, Twelve Points in a Classical Balance by artist Chung Hung, will be relocated to the nearby Bronson Park, which overlooks the Garden of the Provinces and Territories.
Planning on the LeBreton Flats redevelopment chugs along
The NCC didn’t have a major update on the LeBreton Flats redevelopment. Kristmanson said the NCC and the RendezVous LeBreton Group hope to have a master development agreement done by mid-2019.
RendezVous has been working on environmental studies and talking with the City of Ottawa about planning requirements, Kristmanson said.
The NCC has been meeting with Algonquin community leaders about the redevelopment, he said.
The Ottawa Senators and Trinity Developments are the major partners in RendezVous, whose vision includes an 18,000-seat arena surrounded by a new mixed-use community.
There’s still no word on what would happen with the Canadian Tire Centre in Kanata.
jwilling@postmedia.com
twitter.com/JonathanWilling
查看原文...
