{"id":2059,"date":"2024-10-25T17:27:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T17:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timtierneyottawa.ca\/?p=2059"},"modified":"2024-10-27T14:28:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T14:28:44","slug":"motion-at-transportation-committee-lrt-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timtierneyottawa.ca\/?p=2059","title":{"rendered":"Motion at Transportation committee &#8211; LRT Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>East End Residents,<\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>With full support from my East End colleagues, I moved a motion demanding accountability for the endless road closures, gridlock, and safety risks we face.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>This motion prioritizes your safety and demands clear communication and planning from the city and contractors. The ongoing Light Rail construction has disrupted our lives without notice or support, leaving us all stuck in traffic, unsafe, and unheard.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div>Thanks to amendments from Councillors Dudas, Luloff, and Kitts, we\u2019re demanding immediate improvements and a review of these closures. We\u2019re fighting for transparency and the respect our community deserves. See the video from today\u2019s committee meeting, where the motion was passed unanimously, and stay tuned for updates.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding: 50.5% 0 0 0; position: relative;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;\" title=\"Motion on East End Traffic LRT Nightmare\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1023351669?badge=0&amp;autopause=0&amp;player_id=0&amp;app_id=58479\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>MOTION I MOVED AT TRANSPORTATION WITH AMMENDMENTS<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Transportation Committee \/ Commission du transport en commun Motion<\/strong><br \/>\nMeeting date \/ Date de la r\u00e9union : 24 October 2024 \/ 24 octobre 2024<br \/>\nAgenda No. \/ Ordre du jour no : 15<br \/>\nItem No. on Agenda \/ Point no de l\u2019ordre du jour : 5.1 &#8211; Fee Review &#8211; Municipal Consent, Utility Circulation, Road Cut Permit and Temporary Road Closure<br \/>\nRe \/ Objet : Road Closures<br \/>\n<strong>Moved by \/ Motion de : Councillor T. Tierney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whereas Stage 2 Light Rail east construction has direct impacts on traffic in the east end; and<br \/>\nWHEREAS City Council has delegated authority to the Rail Office to manage certain traffic and transportation matters, including road closures, as part of the Stage 2 light rail construction project to expedite construction,<\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS standard road closures for construction through public Works have strict criteria to ensure appropriate traffic information and digital signage are in place, and communications provided to affected Ward Councillors in advance,<\/p>\n<p>WHEREAS the project has gone far longer than anticipated and closures have taken place that are not scheduled well in advance,<\/p>\n<p>Whereas there are limited alternative routes in the area and closures are not fully accounting for current back to work traffic volumes,<\/p>\n<p>Whereas intersections continually are blocked and creating hours of additional traffic and polluting the environment as well as safety concerns,<\/p>\n<p>Whereas there is no police directing traffic, which may be required if it was through a standard road closure process,<\/p>\n<p>Whereas, the impacts of the Stage 2 construction on the entire east end has been tremendous, it is imperative that the City proactively undertake a post-mortem assessment of the past two years\u2019 work, allowing both the City and OC Transpo to identify deficiencies, successes, and failures in how they have communicated on, and handled, closures;<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, be resolved that staff in Public Works, in consultation with the Rail Office, undertake a review of the number of closures that have taken place over the last two years for Line 1 East extension to be conducted immediately, and the results reported back via a Memo to Council, and<br \/>\nBe it further resolved that the Rail Office provide the number of claims submitted by the public as a result of Line 1 East extension construction over the last two years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With full support from my East End colleagues, I moved a motion demanding accountability for the endless road closures, gridlock, and safety risks we face.<br \/>\nThis motion prioritizes your safety and demands clear communication and planning from the city and contractors. 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