A proposed plan to convert a Centretown apartment building into condominiums is causing a stir at both regional and city councils.
Conversion of apartments into condos means lower vacancy rate
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Month: January 2000
Businesses back new rail proposal
By Denise Tom
A proposed extension to the light rail project has some Sparks Street businesses smiling.
The plan would see tracks run along Sparks Street from Hull and from the airport.
“Anything that brings back traffic to the downtown core is a good thing,” says Bill Cornet, the owner of Classico Uomo, a men’s clothing store on Sparks Street.
School wants safer bus service
By Denise Rideout
Administrators at Immaculata High School are asking OC Transpo to pick students up on school grounds because they think crossing Main Street to get to a bus stop is too dangerous.
Bernard Swords, principal of Immaculata, says the stretch of road in front of the school is much too busy for students to be crossing.
NCC under fire over Sparks St.
A public consultation, tentatively scheduled for February, should give Ottawa a better idea of the future of Sparks Street, says the National Capital Commission.