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Scott/Tweedsmuir/Athlone development open house February 18
The City of Ottawa has received applications to amend the Richmond Road/Westboro Secondary Plan and the Zoning By-Law to facilitate the development of three mixed-use buildings (ranging between 29 and 40 storeys), a four-storey, low-rise building, 477 parking spaces, 91 visitor parking spaces and 780.4 sq.m. of parkland. Our office will be hosting a virtual Open
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403 Richmond tower proposal
I’ve received several inquiries about the advertisement recently posted online by Mastercraft Starwood showing a high-rise at 403 Richmond – currently the site of the Tubman Funeral Home. I will note first that the only development permission on the site is for nine-storey building to which Council gave its approval in 2021. Any further height
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CMHC Ottawa housing tracker
Find the most recent nationwide CMHC reporting here.
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OC Transpo: the data behind the headlines
Join Rail Fans Canada, Better Transit Ottawa and Councillor Jeff Leiper for a webinar exploring citizen-led data tools that provide insight into public transit in Ottawa. Shane Seguin, Ajay Ramachandran and Jeff will talk about Rail Fans’ crowdsourcing efforts to track trains in service and Better Transit Ottawa’s data that provides insight into bus cancellations
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Bus crisis spin
As transit riders know, over the course of the past week or so, our bus service has deteriorated rapidly. Buses aren’t showing up and certainly not coming on time. Now, yesterday, OC Transpo put out a memo that was actually very helpful describing their response to the immediate crisis. I’ve posted that memo here. What’s
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Freezing rain coming / Pluie verglaçante à venir
Good morning, Kitchissippi. It looks like we’re in for some significant freezing rain accumulation beginning late evening today (Sunday) continuing through tomorrow morning. Most frequently due to branches falling, freezing rain storms can cause power outages. Visit Hydro Ottawa’s outage safety at https://hydroottawa.com/…/outage-centre/outage-safety for tips on getting prepared. Report outages using any of the following: