Transportation Committee

That the Transportation Committee approve the addition of the following item for consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to Section 84(3) of the Procedure By-law (being By-law No. 2006-462): “Rideau Street Streetscaping Improvements”

WHEREAS the Rideau Street Reconstruction project is scheduled to begin construction in the summer of 2012; and WHEREAS the funding for the reconstruction of Rideau Street from Dalhousie Street to the Rideau River was approved as part of the 2012 Capital Budget and includes full sewer, watermain, roadway and streetscaping reconstruction, but does not include the western portion of Rideau Street from Sussex Drive to Dalhousie Street; and WHEREAS Rideau Street is designated in the Official Plan as a traditional main street, a transportation artery, and a heritage area and is a major tourist area for the City of Ottawa; and WHEREAS on 13 April 2011 Council approved that the functional design of the streetscape for the Rideau Street Reconstruction project be extended and defined as Rideau Street from Sussex Drive to the Rideau River; and WHEREAS the functional design includes the removal of the existing planters; and WHEREAS Rideau Street between Sussex Drive and Dalhousie Street will see a future Ottawa Light Rail station located under it with associated entrances at street level with streetscaping improvements; and WHEREAS initial work involving removal of the existing planters and replacement with pavers for Rideau Street from Sussex Drive to Dalhousie Street can be accommodated in the approved funding for the current Rideau Street contract; THEREFORE be it resolved that Council approve the inclusion of the initial streetscape improvements, being the removal of existing planter

That the Transportation Committee approve the addition of the following item for consideration by the Committee at today’s meeting, pursuant to Section 84(3) of the Procedure By-law (being By-law No. 2006-462): “Red Light Camera/Roadside Speed Indicator Update”