06-02-2023, 02:39 PM
(06-02-2023, 02:07 PM)ZEBuilder Wrote:(06-02-2023, 01:27 PM)SF22 Wrote: The June 6, 2023 Planning and Works agenda for the region includes a map (pg 53) that marks Ottawa St from the Sunrise Centre out to Breslau as a regional intensification corridor. The other sections marked as this are the existing and planned LRT routes; the Ottawa route shows a shared station at Mill.
https://pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeet...entId=4036
Ever since the 2019 Official Plan came out Ottawa has always been marked as such so it seems very likely that it will be phase 3 of the LRT instead of Victoria, the only really difficult aspect of putting an LRT on Ottawa would be how to navigate the roundabouts at Homer Watson and Ottawa, everything else doesn't seem all that awful to deal with. Plus the Ottawa Corridor has a lot of large properties for densification such as Sunrise, Laurentian Center, Stanley Park Mall, the Food Basics plaza at Lackner. Plus with the provincial government opening up alot of land around the airport having a LRT station in Breslau central to all that employment land would make a ton of sense.
The only map I've ever seen showed either Victoria/Highland or that weird King St/University switchback down to the Boardwalk as option Phase 3 options. This is the first time I've seen Ottawa mentioned.
At any rate, I'd be all for it. Elevate that thing over the roundabouts, put an LRT station in front of the Aud, fix the weird new bike lanes by the highway while you're pulling everything up anyway, and build a new connection across the Grand to Breslau/the airport/that really good ice cream place I can't reach by bike.