Finance and Economic Development Committee

WHEREAS in order to maximize federal and provincial funding and to benefit from economies of scale the Trillium Line Extension is bundled with the Confederation Line extensions as the Stage 2 LRT Project;? AND WHEREAS the Trillium line is a distinct rail line from the Confederation Line with different technology and vehicles; AND WHEREAS in a P3 procurement proponents can be incented in the procurement documentation to drive to achieve prescribed outcomes; AND WHEREAS achieving early revenue service for a section or any of the three full Stage 2 extensions would advance the benefits of Light Rail to southern communities as well as mitigate mobility and transit service impacts during construction; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Stage 2 Office staff be directed to explore structuring the Stage 2 LRT Project procurement documents to incent achieving Trillium Line revenue service sooner than the estimated 2023 timeline.

WHEREAS Council’s next review and update of the Official Plan (OP), Transportation Master Plan (TMP) and Infrastructure Master Plan (IMP) will extend the City’s planning horizon beyond 2031; and, WHEREAS the affordability model established within the 2011 LRFP for Transit which establish priority projects for each phase of 2013 TMP will be updated as a matter of course in coordination with these updates; and, WHEREAS there are no light rail transit (LRT) projects west of Bayshore planned within the affordable envelope to 2031; and WHEREAS the 2013 TMP identified an Affordable Rapid Transit and Transit Priority (RTTP) Network that included the Stage 2 Light Rail Transit (LRT) project as well as a number of (at-grade and grade-separated) bus rapid transit (BRT) extensions; namely, the West Transitway (from Bayshore Station to west of Moodie Drive, and a second extension from March Road to Terry Fox Station), the Baseline Transit Corridor (from Baseline to Heron stations), and the Kanata North Transitway (from Corkstown Road to Solandt Road), as well as an additional $200 million in transit priority projects; and, WHEREAS recent federal and provincial budgets have significantly increased the availability of transit infrastructure funding subsequent to the 2013 TMP analysis; and, WHEREAS the next update of the TMP creates an opportunity to review growth patterns for employment and residential growth against projections across the City including Kanata; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED th