INPUT WANTED ON PLAYSTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT AT BRIDLEWOOD PARK
Funds to improve the play area at Bridlewood Park, including the older of the two play structures, have been approved.
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Regular parking rules back on March 16
With the resumption of service on all bus routes on March 16, it has been decided that regular parking rules will be back in place. This means that restrictions on how long people can park on streets where parking is normally limited to one, two or three hours will be enforced.
Because service will be operating on March break levels, I am concerned about the possibility of overcrowding and suggested that it was premature to reintroduce parking restrictions. The response I received is that staff will be monitoring the situation. If you do experience problems with overcrowding, please don't hesitate to let me know and I will make sure staff are aware.
February 24, 2009 OC Transpo Update
I have just heard from OC Transpo that the date service will be restored on several of the routes serving Kanata South will be moved up.
As of March 16 all routes will be running. This includes all express routes. There will still be some individual trips to be reinstated between mid-March and early April so people should check the schedules at www.octranspo.com before using routes restored on March 16.
OC Transpo will also be restoring the route 60 tomorrow (Wednesday February 25). This is in addition to the route 61 which resumed service on Monday. While the route 60 does not serve the Park and Ride, it will help take the pressure off the 96, 96D and 61.
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COMPENSATION FOR TRANSIT USERS CHANGED - NEW PACKAGE A STEP BACKWARDS
At the February 11th Council meeting it was possible for some councillors to block the recommendations proposed by the Transit Committee. The Transit Committee recommendations recognized the time it will take to get back to full service by allowing people to use regular December passes until the end of March and express December passes until the end of April. Contributions for Ecopass holders would have been suspended for an equivalent period of time.
A majority of councillors voted to approve these recommendations, but there were enough councillors opposed to get a reconsideration motion passed. With reconsideration the issue would have been on hold until early March and there would be no compensation for Ecopass holders or people who purchased December passes until the next Council meeting at the earliest.
Details of the reduced compensation measures can be found here.
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EXPRESS BUS SERVICE NEEDED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
At the Council meeting to approve the agreement to end the strike, I made it clear that express service was needed as soon as possible. The speed at which buses will be available is better than first expected, but OC Transpo projects that express service will not be fully restored until April 6. I will continue to work for the process to be speeded up.
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MEASURES TO ASSIST WITH PARKING TO CONTINUE UNTIL FULL TRANSIT SERVICE RETURNS
Measures put in place during the strike to assist people with parking will stay in place until transit service is fully restored.
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