Updates on our ongoing bike advocacy in Ottawa
Parts of Ottawa’s Transportation Master Plan haven’t been updated since 2013. Current work includes the development of the TMP Capital Infrastructure Plan. The TMP Capital Infrastructure Plan will identify transit and road projects that are needed to accommodate future travel demand and that should be included within the City’s ultimate transportation networks.
On March 27, Bike Ottawa board member Florence Lehmann presented a delegation to the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee to oppose recoupling the Airport Parkway west side MUP to the proposed road widening.
A motion comes to Public Works and Infrastructure Committee this Thursday asking that $10M be taken from a fund for vulnerable road users to plug a hole in the traffic signals budget.
Remember Bill 212? That’s the one fast-tracked by Doug Ford that not only allows for the removal of existing bike infrastructure, but also prevents municipalities from building new ones without his approval. Despite being called the “Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act”, it is unlikely to achieve any of those goals.
