Mayor Jim Watson announced that the City of Ottawa will begin the planning work that is needed to extend light rail transit (LRT) from Bayshore to Kanata.
City of Ottawa staff will be preparing the first stage of the Environmental Assessment for Bayshore Station to Palladium Drive over the summer, so that the Statement of Work will be ready for the Transportation Committee this September.
“With the close co-operation of all three levels of government, the Confederation Line will be finished in 2018. Exactly one year ago today, on June 8, 2015, City Council approved the Stage 2 light rail transit Environmental Assessment – and on Friday, June 3, 2016, based on that EA, the Province of Ontario committed more than $1 billion to the residents of Ottawa to make Stage 2 a reality for 2023. Now, we are going to make sure we are ready for the next phase of light rail in Ottawa – taking the train from Bayshore to Kanata,” said Mayor Jim Watson.
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