Tag: Transit

Public Meeting on Lincoln Fields Redevelopment and the new City Official Plan

Redevelopment of the Lincoln Fields mall and area around the mall from Carling to Richmond will have significant impacts for residents of QTN.   You can learn more at a public meeting on March 6 (click for more information).  The QTN planning committee will be actively engaged throughout the planning process to ensure QTN residents are informed and have an avenue to voice community concerns.

When? March 6, 2019 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (Updated 2019-03-04)
Where? Ron Kolbus Lakeside Center
What? City Officials and Rio Can, owner of the mall, will present.  Hosted by City Councillor Theresa Kavanaugh

Planning Committee Update: LRT & Lincoln Fields

The QTN Community Association will be actively engaging in the development of  two city plans, starting in January:

1.  The Queensview/Pinecrest LRT Station Plan will guide redevelopment on the south side of QTN. The boundaries are being expanded to include the residential area of QTN. One outcome will be more specific policies to guide intensification in our neighbourhood and address other priorities of residents. Meetings will start in January and we’ll advise QTN residents of opportunities for input as part of this process. 

2.  A plan for the redevelopment of Lincoln Fields mall, Lincoln Fields LRT station, and the surrounding area between Carling Avenue and Richmond Road will guide development on the north side of QTN. There will be opportunities for public input, and the QTN Planning Committee will monitor and report on what happens between public meetings to keep you informed. Changes in the mall will begin in January. Metro and Pharma Plus will remain open and move to new locations; how the rest develops will be part of the larger city plan. 

The QTN planning committee will help to keep you informed, facilitate community discussions, and help to ensure the views of residents are considered as these plans move forward. Watch for more details later in January.

Kathy Vandergrift, Planning Liaison
QTN Community Association

LRT: Get Ready for LRT Phase II

The new year will bring to a close disruptions associated with construction of the first phase of Ottawa’s light rail project and in a few months we will all be able to take advantage of the convenience of a modern public transport system. Also this year, plans crystallize for LRT Stage 2; east-, west- and south-bound extensions of the first phase. Queensway Terrace North (QTN) and Woodpark communities, in particular, straddle the area immediately surrounding the junction proposed for Bayshore and Baseline legs of the new line. This means our respective communities will likely change a good deal in the coming years. On the one hand, it will be easier to skip from one end of town to the other, shop in the Bayshore centre or the Market, even catch a movie in South Keys. All of these things will be easier to do with sufficient time to get back home and make dinner or to relax with our families. On the other hand, the fact that our communities straddle a main transit junction point introduces new opportunities, even challenges. While some opportunities and challenges may be foreseeable others perhaps not so much.
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