Notice of Public Consultation Centre Ottawa Street Improvements Fischer-Hallman Road to Alpine Road, City of Kitchener

The Region of Waterloo invites you to attend a Public Consultation Centre for the Ottawa Street Improvements. The project limits are Ottawa Street from Fischer-Hallman Road to Alpine Road.

Date:               Wednesday, June 26, 2019

Time:               4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Location:        Grand River Transit Facility (Chandler Room), 250 Strasburg Road, Kitchener

The work is tentatively scheduled to be completed in 2020 and 2021 in the Region’s Transportation Capital Program. Improvements planned include the following:

• Reconstruction of the existing roadway base and asphalt pavement on Ottawa Street from Fischer-Hallman Road to Alpine Road;
• Construction of new westbound left-turn lanes on Ottawa Street at Williamsburg Road, Pinedale Drive and Howland Drive;
• Construction of new eastbound left-turn lanes on Ottawa Street at Howe Drive, Mowat Drive and Elmsdale Drive;
• Construction of new pedestrian refuge islands on Ottawa Street at Howe Drive, Pinedale Drive, the pathway to Chandler Drive, Mowat Boulevard, Howland Drive and Elmsdale Drive;
• Construction of a new 3.0 metre wide asphalt boulevard multi-use trail on both sides of Ottawa Street from Fischer-Hallman Road to Strasburg Road (the existing sidewalk and bike lane on both sides of Ottawa Street, from Williamsburg Road to Fischer-Hallman Road will be removed to accommodate the new multi-use trail);
• Reconstruction of the intersection of Ottawa Street and Westmount Boulevard as a new two-lane roundabout;
• Improvements to the intersection of Ottawa Street and Fischer-Hallman Road;
• Improvements to the intersection of Ottawa Street and Strasburg Road; and
• Replacement of the corrugated steel pipe culvert carrying Borden Creek under Ottawa Street with a new open-bottom concrete culvert.

Plans and other project information, including planned traffic detours during construction, will be available for your review at the Public Consultation Centre.  Staff will be present to respond to inquiries. The plans and more detailed project information will also be available after June 26 online at:

www.regionofwaterloo.ca/en/gettingAround/FutureConstructionProjects.asp

If you are unable to attend the Public Consultation Centre but have questions or comments pertaining to this project, please address your questions / comments, to:

John Stephenson

Region of Waterloo, 150 Frederick Street, 6th Floor, Kitchener, ON  N2G 4J3

Tel: 519-575-4096; Fax: 519-575-4430; e-mail: jstephenson@regionofwaterloo.ca.

Accessibility:  This event is accessible for people with disabilities.  Accessible Parking is available.  If you require assistance to attend or participate in this meeting, or to access information in alternative formats, please contact John Stephenson (as above) at least five days prior to the meeting.

Privacy:  All comments and information received from individuals, stakeholder groups and agencies regarding this project are being collected to assist the Region of Waterloo in making a decision.  Under the Municipal Act, personal information such as name, address, telephone number, and property location that may be included in a submission becomes part of the public record.  Questions regarding the collection of this information should be referred to John Stephenson.