Council approves roadmap for Transitway growth

City Council today approved the functional designs of three Transitway projects that will expand transit services across Ottawa in the coming decades. The approved projects are the West Transitway Connection from Terry Fox Drive to Fernbank Road, the Hospital Link and Cumberland Transitway Westerly and the West Transitway Extension from Bayshore Station to west of Moodie Drive.
The West Transitway Connection Planning Study from Terry Fox Drive to Fernbank Road will extend Transitway service through the centre of the communities in the Kanata West area and will promote transit-oriented development and encourage transit use.
For the Hospital Link and Cumberland Transitway Westerly Planning Study, 13 kilometres of roadway options and station alternatives were approved. The recommended corridor includes on-street facilities from Hurdman Station to Blair Road at Innes Road and a segregated Transitway from Navan Road to Blair Station. This will provide an important east-west bus rapid transit link.
The West Transitway Extension Planning Study from Bayshore Station to west of Moodie Drive will include a dedicated Transitway from Bayshore Station to Moodie Drive and improvements to the on-road cycling network and multi-use pathways in the areas of Holly Acres Road and Moodie Drive.
These investments will provide better bus service for the suburbs and also link to the first phase of the light rail project.

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