Public Works and Infrastructure Committee

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommend Council direct staff to identify up to $10 million and direct funding in 2026 to the warranted traffic control devices program to further reduce the current backlog of warranted intersections in need of funding.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommend Council direct staff to include in the 2025 Road Safety Action Plan Annual Report a plan, including the estimated required funding, to implement the backlog of Pedestrian Crossovers at all warranted locations city-wide by 2030. Additionally, that staff be further directed to actively seek opportunities to fund the plan to eliminate the backlog by 2030.

WHEREAS the Use and Care of Roads By-law No. 2003-498 places an obligation on the owner of land zoned residential to cut the grass and weeds on the boulevard abutting the owner’s land; and, WHEREAS the by-law also prohibits the digging up and removal of grass within a boulevard; and, WHEREAS the Use and Care of Roads By-law was amended in 2023 to permit residents to replace the grass in a boulevard abutting the property with a garden, subject to parameters including setbacks from existing City and utility infrastructure, as well as trees; and WHEREAS these amendments were done in part to recognize the environmental benefits of allowing alternatives to grass within the boulevard, while maintaining safe mobility and the continuance of City and utility operations within the right of way; and WHEREAS there are other landscaping alternatives to grass within a boulevard that require less maintenance by abutting owners, provide environmental benefits and would not impact City or utility operations, or mobility within the right of way; THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT Public Works and Infrastructure Committee recommend Council approve amendments to the Use and Care of Roads By-law No. 2003-498 to: (a) permit the owners of land zoned residential to replace the grass within the boulevard abutting their property with herbaceous ground cover defined as soft-stemmed plants that grow to a mature height not exceeding 20 centimetres and which die down to the root each year, and not including an

That the rules of procedure be waived to consider the matter below at the March 27, 2025 meeting of Public Works and Infrastructure Committee. WHEREAS the recently approved ByWard Market and Lowertown West Heritage Conservation District Plans recognize that these neighbourhoods have been home to many diverse communities; and WHEREAS the new plans encourage the City to explore opportunities to incorporate interpretation that celebrates the many histories associated with the neighbourhood; and WHEREAS the upcoming 200 th anniversary of ByTown and 200 th anniversary of the ByWard Market provides an opportunity for greater recognition of our city’s evolution; WHEREAS the Irish Society of the National Capital Region has expressed an interest in installing commemorative sign blades recognizing the significance of Irish settlement in Lowertown in the 19 th century during the construction of the Rideau Canal and later as people fled the Irish Potato Famine; and WHEREAS the Lowertown Community Association has expressed interest in a broader commemorative street sign blade project as a new opportunity for interpreting the rich history of Ottawa’s oldest neighbourhood; and WHEREAS project of this type can be completed within existing staff resources and budget. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT staff be directed to work with the Irish Society of the National Capital Region to install street sign blades recognizing the historical significance of the Irish diaspora in Lowertown; and BE IT FUR