The City of Ottawa is conducting a traffic study along Albion Road between Bank Street and Lester Road. The purpose of this study is to address traffic concerns and recommend solutions to reduce the negative impacts of motor traffic. This study will not be recommending traffic management solutions such as turn restrictions or road closures. […]

At a past Council meeting on October 14, Council approved directions and timelines to develop the draft budget for 2021. The draft budget includes a three-per-cent increase to the municipal tax rate. What this means is that the City will build the budget with a 3% increase, but Council will still have an opportunity to […]

The City will be implementing a 40km/h gateway zone in the Upper Hunt Club neighbourhood. This new measure will address issues with speeding and provide a consistent speed limit throughout the neighbourhood, both issues I have heard from the community. These gateway zones will have clearly marked signage on access roads and will display where […]

Transportation decisions affect all of Ottawa’s residents and businesses. No matter if you walk, drive, cycle, bus, take the light rail transit or scoot, whether you ship products or have them delivered, or whether you own or share a car, how people and goods move through the city affects you.  All the choices we make […]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City’s spring 2020 planting season was postponed, and new planting requests were put on hold. I am pleased to inform that the Forestry Services’ fall planting program will run this year and planting requests for 2021 are now being accepted. This program is scheduled to begin the week of […]