Community pushes for safer Bronson reconstruction plan
Victor Ryan, Centretown News
Lana Stewart says plans for Bronson and Gladstone avenues will only make a bad intersection worse.Archive 1997-2016
As plans for the reconstruction of Bronson Avenue move forward, one Centretown resident is still looking for a way to safely cross the road at Gladstone Avenue. Victor Ryan, Centretown NewsLana Stewart says plans for Bronson and Gladstone avenues will only make a bad intersection worse.
A community design plan is proposing that some of the busiest one-way downtown streets go two-way in an effort to reduce the volume of traffic during rush hour.
The future of a heritage building on Somerset Street is still unclear, despite a partial settlement between the City of Ottawa and the owner of the building. Lauren Mitsuki, Centretown NewsThe city has been awarded a settlement in a legal battle over Somerset House on Bank and Somerset streets. The fate of the heritage building is still uncertain.
Nearly five months after the Elgin Street parole office was relocated to Bank Street, the federal government is still paying rent on the building with no plans for a new use of the space.