Month: August 2010

Bronson, streetscaping2 Comments

More on Bronson’s fake trees

Westsideaction

I had thought Ottawa was perhaps unique in wanting to install fake trees on concrete foundations along Bronson rather than plant real trees with real roots. The City is reconstructing Bronson next year. In their rush to pave over every possible inch of Ottawa space for rush hour commuters to head over to the greener pastures of Pointe Gatineau or out to Greely, they discovered they had no room left over for pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, residents, adjacent businesses, kids heading to school or grandma heading to the lawn bowling club. No room for bus shelters, benches, or trees … … Continue reading More on Bronson’s fake trees

Bronson, streetscaping

More on Bronson’s fake trees

Westsideaction

I had thought Ottawa was perhaps unique in wanting to install fake trees on concrete foundations along Bronson rather than plant real trees with real roots. The City is reconstructing Bronson next year. In their rush to pave over every possible inch of Ottawa space for rush hour commuters to head over to the greener pastures of Pointe Gatineau or out to Greely, they discovered they had no room left over for pedestrians, cyclists, transit users, residents, adjacent businesses, kids heading to school or grandma heading to the lawn bowling club. No room for bus shelters, benches, or trees … … Continue reading More on Bronson’s fake trees

sewage and drains, somerset street1 Comment

The race is won …

Westsideaction

A little while ago I posted this picture of the “loop” wires that were to be installed at the Preston intersection with Somerset. The street was also scheduled to be dug up … would the street diggers remove the street before the wires got burried, or would the wire people install the wires only to see them dug up the next week … The diggers won. Bell and Enbridge are busy doing their infrastructure stuff before the sewer work is done later this month. So the traffic people won’t find a street there to put their loop into. Unless … … Continue reading The race is won …

sewage and drains, somerset street

The race is won …

Westsideaction

A little while ago I posted this picture of the “loop” wires that were to be installed at the Preston intersection with Somerset. The street was also scheduled to be dug up … would the street diggers remove the street before the wires got burried, or would the wire people install the wires only to see them dug up the next week … The diggers won. Bell and Enbridge are busy doing their infrastructure stuff before the sewer work is done later this month. So the traffic people won’t find a street there to put their loop into. Unless … … Continue reading The race is won …