Transportation Committee

That Recommendation 2 be amended to add: That the staff ensure that the workplan for the functional detailed design include consideration of all mitigation measures detailed in the staff report as well as the concerns raised by the community and by the public delegations heard at the Special Transportation Committee meeting of July 10, 2013.

WHEREAS staff have identified the Richmond Underground as the preferred route for the LRT extension west from Tunney’s Pasture to Baseline Station; and WHEREAS the preferred alignment requires 1.2 km of federal lands along the southern edge of the Sir John A Macdonald Parkway Corridor; and WHEREAS through public consultation and discussions with our federal partners concerns were expressed regarding the visual impacts of the train along the parkway lands, impacts on the natural landscape, connectivity to the pathway system and riverfront, and noise and safety; and WHEREAS through additional preliminary design work the City has identified the feasibility of burying 700 m from the western edge of Rochester Field to Cleary Station; and WHEREAS the remaining 500 m length along the northern edge of Rochester Field would be at grade and fenced; and WHEREAS on June 28, 2013 the NCC Board of Directors passed the following motion: “Toward supporting the ongoing efforts of NCC and City of Ottawa staff in the identification of the best corridor for the Western LRT in the context on an upcoming decision by the City of Ottawa in the review of its Transportation Master Plan, be it resolved that the key conditions that will inform any future NCC decision on the use of lands in the Sir John A Macdonald Parkway corridor for this project be the following: unimpeded continuous access to the corridor lands and the shorelines of the Ottawa River; and that the project has minimal visual impact on