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OTTAWA |Stephen Blais is more than pleased with next year’s budget proposal for the City of Ottawa. The Cumberland Ward representative sees a treasure trove of benefits for his con- stituency in the 2014 budget report tabled during last month’s regular council session. “This is really a parks and recreation bud- get,” Blais said during an interview Nov. 2 while attending a fundraiser dinner at the Meadows Golf Club. “It’s very exciting news. We’re seeing a lot of investment in Cumber- land (ward).” The proposed 2014 budget includes al- Coun. Blais happy with “parks and rec” budget The 2014 budget report also calls for re- paving Highway 174 from the Trim Road intersection all the way east through Cum- berland Village to the Cameron Street inter- section with the ferry pickup connection across the Ottawa River to Gatineau, QC. The budget report is now going through the public review process before coming back to council for any final changes before adoption. Blais reported “extraordinarily positive” feedback from his constituents to the budget proposal, both during the re- cent public information session in Orléans and from email messages and talks with residents in the ward. GREGGCHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca most $800,000 for a community centre ex- tension to the François Dupuis Recreation Centre (FDRC) in Blais’ ward. The report also projects another $877,000 in 2015 for plan- ning and building the community centre as a complement to the existing aquatic and fitness centres at FDRC. Blais has noted in the past that the Orlé- ans area needs more community space for non-profit outfits, sports clubs, and other groups and individuals. Prior to the start of actual construction, there will be a public consultation process next year to deter- mine what kind of space and facilities the new community centre addition at FDRC will have. The proposed budget allocates more than $2 million to expand Millennium Park with the addition of two regulation-size soccer fields and a “destination splash pad” that can serve the whole region. This type of larger splash pad setup has more fea- tures than the typical small neighbourhood splash pad like those in Rockland, Limoges, and St-Isidore. Other good news items under parks and recreation in the proposed 2014 budget for the CumberlandWard includes $500,000 for work on Bloisdell Park in the Avalon subdi- vision, and a continued freeze for the fourth straight year on recreation fees at municipal facilities. Blais noted that the capital works por- tion of the budget proposal also features road improvement projects that will benefit CumberlandWard commuters. Included in next year’s works schedule is a proposal for further extension of Brian Co- burn Boulevard to connect Mer Bleue Road to Navan Road. The new extension will pro- vide an alternative route to Innes Road for Avalon area commuters. Blais noted much of the feedback he has received supports administration efforts to continue investing in infrastructure and ser- vice improvements while still keeping any increases to the property tax rate and fees to a minimum. “We’re bringing that fiscal balance to city hall,” Blais said.
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OTTAWA | Ontario’s highways minister says there won’t be any toll booths be- tween Ottawa and Rockland. Transportation Minister Glen Murray turned thumbs down to a request from the City of Ottawa for authority to impose toll fees on drivers using the Highway 174 route in and out of the city. The highway is a municipal responsibility and the city planned to use the toll revenue to helpmaintain the road and also deal with
Cumberland Ward Coun. Stephen Blais suggested the toll road idea earlier this year, arguing that a toll charge at the Ca- naan Road intersection of Highway 174 and County Road 17 could mean an annual $6.5 million in revenue for the city. But the minis- ter said no to the proposal in a letter to city council. “We are not contemplating upload/down- loads or a regulation to enable road tolling at this time,”stated the minister, but with no reasons given in the letter for the decision. Highway 174 was a provincial route that the then-Progressive Conservative govern- ment downloaded onto the City of Ottawa in late 1990s. It serves as the main commut- er route for Clarence-Rockland residents and others in Prescott-Russell who go to Ottawa to work and for shopping trips and other needs. OTTAWA | Officials at city hall in Ottawa have had it with people talking on cell- phones or texting while behind the wheel of their cars. City council has approved a recommen- dation from its safety advisory commit- tee to have the mayor’s office petition the provincial government for changes to the Highway Traffic Act to stiffen the penalties that already exist for distracted driving in Ontario. Council wants automatic demerit points on a driver’s licence for anyone convicted of distracted driving. !)!.%0/ŏ"+. %/0. 0! ŏ .%2!./ĕ
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