General Update/Rumour Thread

[ponyboycurtis]

Almost guaranteed they will be. They already checked the "no height variety" box.

Nonetheless it will give that station some purpose as its current surrounding area would make it somewhere in the realm of Cyrville as it stands now.

I find a certain humor in the fact that the 2 structures closest to it are a bus garage and a furniture store. Does anyone have a handy link to what is the plan for a MUP connecting that station?

 

[J.OT13]

Nonetheless it will give that station some purpose as its current surrounding area would make it somewhere in the realm of Cyrville as it stands now.

I find a certain humor in the fact that the 2 structures closest to it are a bus garage and a furniture store. Does anyone have a handy link to what is the plan for a MUP connecting that station?

For sure. Even if it's some bland RLA project, it's still good news.

Here's the connectivity plan for Queensview.

Queensview Station area will include the following connectivity enhancements:​

A. Pedestrian bridge across Highway 417 to Baxter Road

B. Station plaza with six passenger pick up and drop off spaces and bike parking for 20 bikes with space allocated to double in future when required

C. Multi-use pathway along alignment, east of the station to Connaught Avenue, and Connaught Park multi-use pathways from Severn Avenue and Hanlon Avenue

D. Multi-use pathway on east side and sidewalk on west side of Leon's to Queensview Drive

E. Sidewalk on north-west side of Baxter Road

F. Add cycling facility along Baxter Road from Iris Street to the station.

H. Cut through multi-use pathway to Queensway Terrace North community from Queensview Drive to Severn Avenue - being implemented

The following connectivity enhancements are beyond the scope of the Stage 2 project and will be referred for future consideration.

G. Lighting along path in Connaught Park with NCC.

Stage 2 LRT Station Connectivity Enhancement Study | City of Ottawa

ottawa.ca

 

[hoggytime]

Can you imagine the drive along the 417 in 10 years? It will truly look dystopian with a hundred nearly identical basic CharcWhite buildings. It will be the sad dark antithesis to Vancouver's glassy seafoam towers.

 

[ponyboycurtis]

Ah. Thank you kindly.

It's convenient that there is a gap in the housing along Severn ave by the school parking lot that would allow for a pathway.

Weird for the station to be effectively placed in the Leons parking lot but these connections make sense I guess. Genuinely curious what the land transfer agreement or however you wish to phrase it went in regards to the pickup/drop off area.

 

[Catenary]

It's convenient that there is a gap in the housing along Severn ave by the school parking lot that would allow for a pathway.

There was a bunch of work in that gap in the past couple years, I imagine there's a sewer through there. Looking at the surrounding topography, it's a low spot.