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City seals the deal for Barrhaven park-and-ride Jennifer McIntosh
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EMC news - The city’s transportation committee signed off on the $5.2-million purchase of a plot of land on Woodroffe Avenue on Oct. 3. The purchase will seal the deal for a future Barrhaven park-and-ride meant to serve residents on both sides of the Rideau River. The report presented to the committee said both the city’s transportation master plan and official plan call for a parkand-ride to serve the southeastern part of Barrhaven. The need for the park-andride was identified in a 2008 update to the transportation plan. “Continued rapid residential growth in Barrhaven would be served by the new park-and-ride,” the report reads. The new lot – which would have 680 parking spaces – would be serviced by the bus route 94. The bus would access use an already constructed bus turnaround on the lot at 3311 Woodroffe Ave. The land is also located on the future Chapman Mills rapid transit corridor and will connect with the Strandherd Drive transit corridor before
linking up with the bus-only lanes on the Strandherd Armstrong Bridge. The route would connect northward along Woodroffe Avenue for commuters travelling to Fallowfield station and south to the Riverview park-and-ride lot in Riverside South where commuters have the option of continuing downtown. “The purchase of this land from the South Nepean Development Corporation (SNDC) allows the city to move forward on its plans to provide convenient, accessible rapid transit service to the residents of south Ottawa,” GloucesterSouth Nepean Coun. Steve Desroches said in a press release. “In addition to the residents of Barrhaven, many residents in rural Ottawa will also benefit from this park-andride facility along this major transportation corridor.” The land purchased from the SNDC amounts to more than four hectares. The development corporation will be developing two single-storey mixed-use buildings in the land adjacent to the park-and-ride. Desroches said potential uses could include banks, a convenience store, office space or a service or repair business.
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The city’s transportation committee has approved $5.2 million for the purchase of two parcels of land near the intersection of Woodroffe Avenue and Strandherd Drive.
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