10-21-2017, 02:02 PM
(10-21-2017, 01:20 PM)KevinL Wrote:(10-20-2017, 10:32 PM)darts Wrote: What is on either side of the potential bridge in the area?
I know Zehrs is on one side but not really sure what else is around in the area.
For some in the north-side suburb, this will mean quicker transit access (and soon, a high-service route in the form of the 205). The 2 used to do an occasional loop through the area, but no more; now it means a walk to Greenbrook/Stirling.
There's some good cycling options opened by this as well. The parks in the area have multiple bike-friendly routes, which will get connected to Strasburg's bike lanes and Ottawa's MUTs.
This is actually quite huge for biking, given that safe bikeable crossings to the highway barely exist anywhere (2km east along the highway is the next one at Courtland, and there isn't one to the west, technically), so this is huge.
For bike connectivity, it will connect to the lakeside trails through from Meinzinger park, which has a not too bad connection to a major east-west trail, and then down Chandler Dr. to Ottawa and Strasburg as you say. One of the bigger problems with our bike infra is the lack of knowledge of routes, even when they're pretty reasonably connected (only involving riding down the not completely terrible Chandler Dr.).