Good afternoon, I would like to take this opportunity to provide an overview of four meetings that were held this month to discuss, debate and vote on the Residential Growth Management Strategy (Official Plan Review). Thank-you for sharing your comments with me. I apologize for not being...
Ottawa’s population is expected to grow by 400,000 new residents by 2046. To meet the increase in housing demand, City Council today approved a growth management strategy to expand Ottawa’s urban area by 1,281 hectares of new residential lands and to have 60 per cent of...
In conjunction with the Ottawa Central Park Community Association, Councillor Brockington's office has mailed out a community update to the residences within Central Park to provide an update on a number of planning files, as well as a safety update. We had intended to host...
Please find attached below, the presentations from today's City Council Meeting. (Click the image to view the presentation) City Manager Presentations: Ottawa Public Health Presentations: ...
The City of Ottawa is holding a virtual town hall on Ottawa’s economic recovery planning amid COVID-19 on Friday, May 29 at 1 pm. Members of the business community and residents are invited to join us for a discussion on how the City and local economic development partners are working together...
A heat warning has been issued by Environment and Climate Change Canada for the City of Ottawa for May 26 to May 28. Heat warnings mean extra precautions need to be taken by everyone. Some of the usual ways we cool off may not be...
O-Train Line 1 will close temporarily and be replaced by R1 bus service from Sunday, May 31 to Wednesday, June 3. Line 1 will reopen on Thursday, June 4. This closure will allow Rideau Transit Group to test updated software and do infrastructure and maintenance work...
[caption id="attachment_16198" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Click photo to review the drawings for this project[/caption] The City's Planning Department received a development application at 1330 Carling Avenue and 815 Archibald Street. This is the southwest corner of the intersection at Carling and Archibald, east of the Travelodge site....
The City of Ottawa has developed a business reopening toolkit, in consultation with Ottawa Public Health, to help businesses answer critical questions before they can reopen safely. The gradual easing of COVID-19 restrictions in the months to come will bring new challenges for local businesses to...
As restrictions on some closures gradually ease, gatherings of more than five people continue to be legally prohibited and the City and the Province both remain in states of emergency. The City is extending its suspension of City-permitted special events, festivals and other cultural programs...
In response to last week’s provincial announcement, outdoor sports facilities and multi-use fields, including baseball diamonds, soccer fields, frisbee golf locations, tennis, platform tennis, table tennis and pickleball courts, basketball courts, BMX parks and skate parks, are now open. In addition, off-leash dog areas, benches,...
In a joint meeting today, the City’s Planning Committee and Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee approved a growth management strategy that would add between 1,350 and 1,650 gross hectares of residential land and strategically located employment land to Ottawa’s urban area. The City needs a growth management...