Infrastructure

• $6.5 million to resurface roads, including:

  • Mitch Owens Road	from 300 metres east of Downey Road to Bank Street
    Gough Road	from Manotick Station Road to Lords Manor Lane
    River Road	from Osgoode Main Street to Doyle Road
    Farmers Way	from Mitch Owens Road to Piperville Road
    Shylo Crescent	from Rideau Forest Road to Squire Drive

• $2 million to retrofit, rehabilitate and replace components of communal well drinking systems across the city, including the Shadow Ridge Well System
• $1.7 million to design or construct 34 culverts:

  • Acres Rd  Culvert  Aldergrove Way Culvert  Alfalfa Culverts (3)  Blanchfeild Road Culverts (3)  Broadway St Culverts (2)  Cedar Dr. Culvert  Cornfield Cres Culvert

    Donwel Dr. Culvert  Downey Rd Culvert  Ferdinand St Culvert  Greely Lane Culvert  Grey's Creek Culvert  Hawthorne Road Culvert  Heatherlyn Cres Culvert

    Marionville Rd Culvert  Mitch Owens Rd Culvert  Nashdale Dr Culvert  Pana Rd Culvert  Parkway Rd Culverts (2)  Popham St Culvert  Queenscourt Cr Culvert

    River Rd Culverts (2)  Ray Wilson Rd Culvert  Springhill Rd Culvert  Sunset Blvd Culvert  Talbot St Culvert  Wood Duck Dr Culvert

• $550,000 to renew the Rideau Road bridge 
• $455,000 for road preservation
  • Cabin Road from Nixon Drive to Stagecoach Road
• $260,000 to renew the Mitch Owens Road bridge 
• $250,000 to upgrade gravel road
  • Gabert Road from Nixon Drive to South Gower Drive
• $190,000 to renew the Byron Street bridge
•  $20,000 to replace streetlight hydro poles along Mitch Owens Road 

Transportation

• $8.3 million to improve intersections control measures across the city, including:
  • New signalized intersection at Bank Street and Blais Road
  • New signalized intersection at Bank Street and Dun Skipper Road
• $3.3 million to improve transportation across the city, including the intersection at Bank Street and Rideau Road
• $2.6 million to modify the intersection at Bank Street and Rideau Road 

Parks and Facilities 

•  $830,000 to:
  • Kenmore Community Hall: replace roof
  • Larry Robinson Arena: exterior concrete block wall repairs, install handrails in arena stands and replace 2 arena dehumidifiers
  • Vernon Community Centre: repair foundation wall including regrading
  • Osgoode Community Centre and Stuart Holmes Arena: install handrails in arena stands and design for replacement of arena floor and boards
  • Fire Station 91/Paramedic Post in Metcalfe – Type II building condition audit
• $400,000 for the first three phases of Emerald Links Park 
• $240,000 for a playground and trail signage in Andy Shields Park
• Pathway Renewal (Design Phase)
  • Pathway Link from Andrasi Crescent To Osgoode Main St
  • Pathway Link from Vance St to Logan Farm Dr.

WARD PROJECTS UNDERWAY

Infrastructure 

•  Designing culverts for Blanchfield Road, McGuire Road and Snake Island Road
• Designing a replacement culvert for River Road Culvert
• Designing renewal work for the 8th Line Road, Byron Avenue, Rideau Road and Mitch Owens Road bridges
• Renewing and installing new guiderails
• Designing culverts for the Bank Street canal bridge
• Updating the Anderson Road bridge over the Johnston Municipal Drain 

Transportation

• $4.14 million to implement signage and wayfinding for a rural cycling tourism route across the city 
• $800,000 for an environmental assessment to extend Earl Armstrong Road from Albion Road to Hawthorne Road
• $406,000 for pedestrian crossovers across the city, including at Osgoode Main Street between Old George Street and Corbet Street
• 300,000 for the functional design to modify the intersection at Bankfield Road and Prince of Wales Drive
• Designing and implementing traffic-management measures along Elizabeth Street  

Parks and Facilities

•  $75,000 for baseball netting at McKendry Park
• $225,000 for local park improvements
• Replacing the roof at the Osgoode Township Historical Society and Museum 

My Statement on the 2019 Budget

From roads, culverts, traffic, and emergency services, I believe the final 2019 Budget has successfully addressed many priorities for Osgoode Ward. The budget dedicates $42.7 million to upgrade Ottawa’s rural infrastructure, including bridges, guiderails and culverts, with $1.7 million targeted for our ward. With the growing frequency of rain events and large snowmelts, these infrastructure items serve as our best defence for flooding, mitigating erosion, and protecting the health of our roadways.

Osgoode Ward will receive $6.5 million to resurface roads including Mitch Owens and River Road, and $1.7 million for new major culverts across most villages. The 2019 winter operations budget is increasing by $2.4 million, for a total of $70.8 million. Osgoode Ward will also see over $830,000 for improvements within Parks and Facilities to replace the roof at Kenmore Community Hall, exterior walls and dehumidifiers at Larry Robinson Arena, and the foundation wall at the Vernon Community Centre; all three much needed improvements to our local community buildings.

I look forward to providing you with more details on projects for this year as the next few months unfold!

Community safety is always a top priority for Osgoode Ward. There will be over $7 million city-wide in the budget to invest in traffic control devices, pedestrian crossovers, the well-known Safer Roads Ottawa program, traffic-calming measures, and more. The traffic-calming budget for each Councillor has risen to $50,000 from $40,000 in this year’s budget, providing more resources for safety initiatives in our communities. There will be $589.7 million for community and protective services, which includes funding for 14 staff for the Ottawa Paramedic Service and 2 emergency response vehicles to maintain the response times to increasing call volumes as approved by Council. The 2019 OPS Budget will add 30 more officers into the Ottawa Police Service this year for traffic enforcement, the guns and gangs unit, and to strengthen community policing. I have been a very vocal advocate for more emergency services throughout my time in office and during my campaign, and I am happy to deliver this improvement of service to my residents through the 2019 Budget!

Council also approved Phase 2 of LRT as part of the budget vote. I would like to start by saying that Osgoode Ward tax dollars will NOT be paying for LRT. The LRT project is funded through a combination of transit tax – which we do not pay in our ward – development charges, and provincial and federal funding. Council’s decision on approving LRT Phase 2 will have no impact on other budgets, like road projects, that would be of higher priority for Osgoode Ward residents.

Staff have assured us that the Phase 2 procurement process has been crafted with lessons learned from Phase 1. There have been environmental assessments, 3rd party expert assessments, public consultations, and lots of Council approvals over many years getting us to this point. The process has also undergone rigorous oversight by the fairness commissioner, legal experts, financial experts, and procurement experts. Staff have confirmed that even with the increased cost, the project is still within the City’s Long-Range Financial Plan and is affordable under our policies.

With this information in mind, I am choosing to trust the recommendations from our city staff and their experts who have worked diligently on this project for years. I know that the City has had some setbacks with Phase 1, and there have been some worrying media articles about LRT over the last few weeks. Staff have addressed all concerns that arose from these articles and more, including clarifying that the system has been tested for -and does indeed work- in winter conditions. Yes, I do still have many reservations about this project, and will continue to be cautious and question any items as they come up, but I feel the LRT project should go forward. It will not only benefit the City but will also encourage economic development in the south end.

My residents have maintained during my time in office that we need a solution to our traffic issue in the south end. At this time, I believe that LRT can be one of many pieces in addition to other road widening projects that will help deliver that solution, in a double advantage to Osgoode Ward: we could reap the benefits of traffic alleviation from this project and expansion of rural economic development without paying for the system with our tax dollars. LRT Phase 2 is proposed to be a world-class transit system constructed ready-to-go on day-one, will continue to serve generations to come.

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