New milestone!

Complete Street and Active Transportation Network: Pre-consultation meeting with the City of Ottawa

On May 9, the Tunney’s Pasture Project Team met with City of Ottawa staff to present its proposed Complete Street and Active Transportation Network. This is the first step toward transferring the federal roads at Tunney’s over to the City of Ottawa.

This pre-consultation meeting, the first milestone in the Draft Plan of Subdivision process, is meant to give all City departments the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback on the proposed network. It usually results in the City requesting a Traffic Impact Assessment and other studies.

This meeting is also usually when community association representatives get their first glimpse at what is being proposed. In the case of Tunney’s Pasture, the public had the opportunity to review the network much earlier in the process – last November, at public open houses and online. The As We Heard Report from the fall public engagement sessions can be accessed here. The report was also shared with the City.

While work will continue on the network and the Draft Plan of Subdivision, the Project Team is now turning its attention to the next step in the process: Concept Development for the site. Given the important need to create much-needed housing in Ottawa, the federal Budget 2024 showcased Canada Lands Company’s critical role in helping to address the housing crisis by getting federal lands such as Tunney’s Pasture ready for development.

The first phase of development at Tunney’s Pasture will be on the parcels that are most easily developed for housing.

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Find information about the long-term plans Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) has for its office portfolio: www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/biens-property/rpportfolio-eng.html

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Have a great summer!