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- $4B light rail option endorsed by Ottawa staff
A $4-billion transit plan that includes light rail in both north-south and east-west directions has been recommended over three other options by city staff. The plan, which has a rail link to the airport, dedicated bus routes to outlying areas and a downtown tunnel, received the staff's endorsement at a joint transit and transportation committee meeting Wednesday morning.
[CBC News, April 16, 2008] - $4B transit plan
Ottawa's transit planning staff are recommending a light-rail spine and downtown subway with bus transitways feeding it as the city's mass transit future. The challenges will now be for council to agree on it and how to get started building it.
[Ottawa Citizen, April 16, 2008] - Transport en commun
Le projet de train léger recommandé par la Ville
Ottawa adoptera d'ici la fin du mois de mai un nouveau projet de transport en commun rapide. Le projet de train léger nord-sud et est-ouest, qui s'élève à 4 milliards de dollars, est le préféré des membres des comités des transports et des transports en commun parmi les quatre options qui étaient à l'étude.
[Radio-Canada, le 16 avril 2008] - City council won't participate in any 174 freeway study
The city's transportation committee voted unanimously Wednesday to not participate in preliminary studies for a proposed freeway between Orleans and Rockland.
[Ottawa Citizen, April 16, 2008] - Editorial: Don't spend on more sprawl
Ottawa City Council has an opportunity to make a landmark decision. It can refuse to build a road and make a statement about the future shape of this city. The federal and provincial governments have offered the municipality $40 million each to turn Highway 174 into a freeway from Trim Road in Orléans to Rockland. That's predicated on the city putting $15 million on the table and Prescott-Russell county paying $9 million.
[Ottawa Citizen, April 16, 2008]