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DALHOUSIE COMMUNITYASSOCIATION 755 SOMERSET STREET WEST, OTTAWA, ONTARIO, K1R 6R1June5,2013

Mr.KeithEgli

Chair,TransportationCommittee

DearMs.Egli

Re:ProposedNewInterprovincialCrossingandaffectondowntowntrucktraffic

Iamwritingtoyouwithregardstothecommitteesdiscussionofaproposednewinterprovincialbridge

intheEastEndofOttawa.TheDalhousieCommunityAssociationissupportiveofanyeffortstoremove

trucktrafficfromOttawasurbancore.A,newcrossingatKettleIslandseemstoofferrealhopein

achievingthis.Theprojectistechnicallyfeasible,hasalreadyundergonearigorousandlength

environmentalassessment,andwouldremovealargenumberoftrucksfromdowntown.

However,foranewbridgetoachievetheaffectofremovingtrucktrafficitsconstruction mustbetiedto

removingtruckroutesthroughdowntownOttawa.Theprinciplefunctionofanewcrossingmustbeto

provideamoresensiblewayfortrucktraffictocrosstheOttawariver,improvingsafetyandtrafficin

centralOttawa.Aspartofthisprocess,itisessentialthatbothKingEdwardAve.andBoothSt.be

removedastruckroutes.RemovingjustKingEdwardwouldhavetheeffectofshiftingasignificant

portionoflargetrucksnottoaneweast-endcrossing,butthroughtheheartofresidentialLittleItaly

andChinaTown.Removingtrucktrafficfromtheurbancoreisanimportantgoal;letsmakesurethatit

isdoneproperly.

IwouldnotethatthereisanopportunitytodothisaspartofOttawasongoingreviewofthe

TransportationMasterPlan.

Sincerely,

MichaelPowell

President

DalhousieCommunityAssociation

cc: CouncillorDianeHolmes

MembersofTransportationCommittee

RosemaryTheriault,CommitteeCoordinator

NathanDavid,KingEdwardAvenueTaskforce

JordanCharbonneau,President,CCCA

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