On Wednesday, July 31, 2002 at 14:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote re "RE: Lebreton detour" saying:
> Thank you for contacting us again. > > In response to your e-mail, the bridge over Booth Street will be removed > to create sites for public institutions such as the Canadian War Museum > and to open the riverfront to public access. Will the War museum stand athwart Booth St? I presume you mean the sloped approaches may get in the way. I suggest they could easily be accommodated by having a wider hill E of Booth and by integrating the path into the landscaping around the War museum. Otherwise there will be a lot of cross-traffic and delays for all at the new lights just S of the bridge. > Furthermore, the bike path that now comes from the west along Ottawa > Street goes north on Broad and then east on Fleet will be relocated so > that the detour road can be constructed. It will start at the same point > in the west, cross the aqueduct at Preston Street continue east > between the open aqueduct and the Transitway, cross Booth at the > Transitway lights and continue along the aqueduct on the east side of > Booth to Pooley's Bridge. > > Finally, bike paths will be of two types in the future. One recreational > and the other more of a commuter route. The recreational path will > continue from its present location on the riverfront, continue over the > inlet to the aqueduct using part of the existing bridge, around the War > Museum, crossing Booth at lights just south of the Chaudiere Bridge and > then eastward past the Mill Restaurant and then either into the pathway > below Parliament Hill or up to the Wellington/Portage intersection. The > commuter route will continue eastward from the shoreline cross under the > parkway at the old Transitway exit, pass along the aqueduct on both > sides, cross Booth at the Transitway lights for now (if, as and when the > Transitway is grade-separated by the City there will be a tunnel under > Booth) to connect to the pathway east of Booth along the aqueduct, to > Pooley's Bridge and then to connect up the hill to Wellington. > > Information Services > National Capital Commission Thank you for the additional information. My original question was whether you would paint right lanes on the Parkway wider than passing lanes to make fast cycling safer. Do you have an answer? Tom Trottier > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Trottier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 3:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Lebreton detour > > > Dear NCC, > > I notice in > http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/corporate/_pdf/lebreton/orp/exhibit11_e. > pdf that the curb lane is the same size as the passing lane, 3.5m. I > believe that the Ottawa City practice is to make the curb lane wider > than the passing lane by a metre or so (e.g. 4 and 3m) to allow more > room for motorists to pass cyclists proceeding at 30-40kph. > > Will you be adjusting the curb lane to be wider? > > Tom Trottier ------- Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur ----------------- ,__@ Tom A. Trottier +1 613 860-6633 fax:231-6115 _-\_<, 758 Albert St.,Ottawa ON Canada K1R 7V8 (*)/'(*) ICQ:57647974 N45.412 W75.714 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Laws are the spider's webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape. --Solon, statesman (c.638-c558 BCE) ------------------------------------------------- For list help, please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (613) 230-1064 Website: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------- ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
