The federal government has announced $156 million in funding for Ottawa transit projects, including $10.5 million for a new bike and pedestrian bridge over the Rideau Canal.
The government says the spending, part of a bilateral agreement between the federal and provincial governments, will result overall in more than $2.97 billion in funding. The federal government will provide $1.49 billion under the new Public Transit Infrastructure Fund, covering as much as 50 per cent of the funding for projects under the agreement.
In addition to the bridge between Fifth Ave. and Clegg St., other significant funded items include $45 million for Stage 2 LRT engineering work and $20 million for two train sets.
More projects are also in the works.
“To reach this agreement, projects representing a significant portion of the total federal funding for transit needed to be identified,” the news release said. “The following projects have been approved for federal funding (throughout the province) amounting to $688,745,733 to date. With the agreement now in place, all eligible communities will be invited to nominate projects for funding beginning in early September.”
Image: An artist’s rendering of a new pedestrian bridge near Lansdowne Park.
Here is the list of approved Ottawa-area projects:
Project Name
Federal Funding
Anticipated Start Date
Mann Avenue Transit Structure Replacement
$2,500,000
April 1, 2016
Transit operator crew room at Bayview station
$750,000
April 1, 2016
Tunneys Pasture Bus Loop
$1,500,000
April 1, 2016
Carleton Siding – Spring switch replacement with new powered switches
$1,250,000
April 1, 2016
Walkley rail intersection track improvements
$5,500,000
April 1, 2016
Customer waiting areas at major Confederation Line stations
$1,000,000
April 1, 2016
Modern signalling and control system for O-Train Trillium Line
$1,000,000
April 1, 2016
Elevator at Tremblay station
$500,000
April 1, 2016
Multi-Use Pathway (Michael St. to St-Laurent)
$100,000
April 1, 2016
Booth Street Bike Track from Sir John A MacDonald to Albert
$1,000,000
April 1, 2016
Bicycle shelters at Transitway stations to encourage multimodal travel
$75,000
April 1, 2016
Enclosed bicycle parking areas at Transitway stations to encourage multimodal travel
$250,000
April 1, 2016
Park and ride lot improvements
$1,250,000
April 1, 2016
Rural bus stop improvements
$200,000
April 1, 2016
Bus shelters
$375,000
April 1, 2016
Concrete bus pads
$175,000
April 1, 2016
Emergency phone upgrades at Transitway stations
$1,000,000
April 1, 2016
Passenger information displays
$1,000,000
April 1, 2016
Smartbus infrastructure on board buses
$2,250,000
April 1, 2016
OC Transpo – Merivale Garage – Driver facility and elevator
$750,000
April 1, 2016
OC Transpo – Pinecrest Garage, sewer line replacement
$750,000
April 1, 2016
Transitway (Busway) Pavement Resurfacing
$1,500,000
April 1, 2016
Fare gate entrances at Transitway stations
$875,000
April 1, 2016
Transit operator crew room at Hawthorne loop
$250,000
April 1, 2016
Acquisition of 2 train sets
$20,000,000
April 1, 2016
LRT Stage 2 – Early works and preliminary engineering
$45,000,000
April 1, 2016
LRT Stage 2 – Bridge to grade separate VIA/O-Train Elwood diamond
$1,250,000
April 1, 2016
Kanata LRT Extension – Environmental Assessment
$1,500,000
April 1, 2016
Aboriginal consultation (including other transit and active transportation projects)
$100,000
April 1, 2016
Cost sharing for improvements of cycling and pedestrian links at MTO overpasses
$1,000,000
April 1, 2016
Advanced Renewal Projects Supporting LRT Stage 2
$1,550,000
April 1, 2016
Baseline Transit Corridor – Bayshore to Billings- Design
$6,000,000
April 1, 2016
Transit Priority Projects
$4,350,000
April 1, 2016
Acquisition of 17 new buses
$6,800,000
April 1, 2016
Chapman Mills transit corridor – Beatrice to Longfields
$1,500,000
April 1, 2016
Rideau River Crossing – Confederation Heights to Carleton University – pedestrian/cycling
$775,000
April 1, 2016
Rideau River Crossing – Bank at Riverside (near Billings Bridge), pedestrian/cycling
$1,025,000
April 1, 2016
Rural cycling routes (misc locations)
$2,025,000
April 1, 2016
Heron Road (Data Centre/Heron Station to Bank), EB and WB bike tracks
$325,000
April 1, 2016
Heron Rd (Colbert Pathway to east of Jefferson)-EB bike tracks only
$275,000
April 1, 2016
Richmond Rd – south side sidewalk reconstruction around Croydon for cycle track
$550,000
April 1, 2016
Kanata North cycle link (Carling at March Rd)
$400,000
April 1, 2016
Kanata North cycle link (Herzberg at March Rd)
$525,000
April 1, 2016
Trillium Pathway extension phase 3 (Carling to Dows Lake)
$275,000
April 1, 2016
AODA Enhancements of Intersections
$1,500,000
April 1, 2016
Hunt Club Cycling Links (Riverside to Paul Benoit)
$275,000
April 1, 2016
Queen Elizabeth Drive – Crossings at Commissioner’s Park and at Queen Elizabeth Place – pedestrian/cycling
$375,000
April 1, 2016
Rideau River Pathway – lighting and link through park
$625,000
April 1, 2016
New sidewalk links to improve connections with public transit
$775,000
April 1, 2016
McArthur Street Bike Lane
$175,000
April 1, 2016
Trans Orleans Pathway alignment modification
$500,000
April 1, 2016
Cardinal Creek Park 18A multiuse pathway
$650,000
April 1, 2016
Manotick – Multi-Use Pathway between Main St and River rd and addition of MUP to two bridges
$600,000
April 1, 2016
Multi-Use Pathway Renewal (misc locations)
$2,150,000
April 1, 2016
Sidewalk Renewal (misc locations)
$1,750,000
April 1, 2016
TDM (Bus detours) during LRT construction
$15,000,000
April 1, 2016
Rideau Canal Crossing (Fifth to Clegg)
$10,500,000
April 1, 2016
