Don’t forget…

… about the Ottawa Centre Federal Election Candidates Forum. It’s on Sunday September 28, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.

Seating will be limited!

Churchill Avenue reconstruction open house

… an important notice from the City of Ottawa, copied below.

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Churchill Avenue – Carling Avenue to Scott Street and Scott Street – Churchill Avenue to Winona Avenue
Open House #1 – Thursday, October 9, 2008

The City of Ottawa has initiated the preliminary design assignment to rehabilitate Churchill Avenue – Carling to Scott (length of 1,725 m) and Scott Street from Churchill to Winona (length of 100m). The engineering services of Novatech Engineering Consultants Ltd. were retained by the City of Ottawa to manage and complete the required engineering efforts.

The City of Ottawa has identified the need for improvements to roads, sewers and watermain on the following streets: Churchill Avenue – Carling Avenue to Scott Street and Scott Street – Churchill Avenue to Winona Avenue.

Within the limits of the project, the City of Ottawa has identified a requirement for the rehabilitation and/or replacement of its linear infrastructure. Included in the scope of this project is:

• Rehabilitation/replacement of the watermain.
• Rehabilitation/replacement of the sanitary sewers.
• Rehabilitation/replacement and extension of the storm sewers.
• Surface drainage improvements.
• Adjustments to pavement widths, new curbs, sidewalks, and road structure.
• Street lighting and traffic control signal modifications.
• Water and sewer service replacement to the property line (upgrades to the services on private property, including replacement of lead water service pipes, may also be considered but at the property owner’s cost).
• The project also provides an opportunity to implement identified traffic calming measures, improvements to transit service, and other features deemed beneficial to the project.

You’re invited:

Thursday, October 9, 2008
7 to 9 p.m.
Churchill Senior Recreational Centre, Main Hall
345 Richmond Road, Ottawa, ON

At the open house, you will be able to:

• Review the preliminary design plans.
• Provide comments on the preliminary design.
• Discuss the project with the design team.

For more information and/or to submit comments, please contact:

Todd Penfound, Project Manager
Infrastructure Services Branch
100 Constellation Crescent
Ottawa, ON K2G 6J8
Phone: 613-580-2424, ext. 16005
Fax: 613-580-2587
E-mail: todd.penfound@ottawa.ca

Comments should be submitted by Friday, 24 October 2008.

Ottawa Centre Federal Election Candidates Forum

The community associations representing Hampton-Iona, Hintonburg, Westboro, Westboro Beach and West Wellington are hosting an open forum for the Federal Candidates and residents of Ottawa Centre.
The forum will be moderated by Rita Celli, host of CBC Radio One, 91.5 FM’s “Ontario Today.”

Sunday September 28, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Churchill Recreation Centre, 345 Richmond Road (entrance off of Churchill Avenue, just north of Richmond Road)

Seating is limited, so please arrive early! Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, please contact:

• Hampton Iona Community Group at 725-9147 or lacutler@magma.ca;
• Hintonburg Community Association at www.hintonburg.com
• Westboro Community Association at hellowestboro@yahoo.ca
• Westboro Beach Community Association at www.westborobeach.org
• West Wellington Community Association at www.westwellington.ca

Westboro Station phase 2 – this is where it stands now

For those of you who were left wondering about the status regarding the second phase of Westboro Station you can read an article about it here. (It was published in the August 29th issue of EMC news.)

To summarize: “The city’s planning and environment committee last week unanimously passed a staff recommendation to allow the development of the Westboro Station Phase II condominium.”

Many residents are wondering whether or not the Community Design Plan (CDP) is worth the paper it’s printed on and are expressing dismay with the consultation system.

Only time will tell how this decision will affect future development in Westboro and along Richmond Road. Your thoughts on the matter, as always, are welcome.

andrea

Save the date…

We’ve scheduled our second Annual General Meeting for Thursday October 16 at the Churchill Senior Centre (345 Richmond Road) at 7:30 p.m. All Westboro residents are invited to attend.

This is your opportunity to stand for a board position (we encourage you to submit your nominations now) and also join the discussion about the issues that affect us all.

The agenda will include updates regarding the Westboro Station Phase 2, Churchill reconstruction, the Clare Park beautification project as well as the Area Traffic Management Study. A full agenda will be posted soon.