Display panels presented at an Open House on Monday, June 5, 2017

1. Kanata Light Rail Transit Planning and
Environmental Assessment Study
Public Open House 1
June 5, 2017
Transportation Services Department

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Open House Objectives
• Introductions;
• Study Overview;
• Study Design and Schedule;
• Identification of Alternative Corridors;
• Corridor Evaluation Methodology & Initial Results;
and,
• Next Steps.

3. 2
Study Goals
• Determine the Preferred Corridor;
• Determine the Recommended Plan for LRT
alignment and stations; and,
• Determine project staging and implementation.

4. 3
Context for the Study
• Confederation Line opens in 2018.
• Stage 2 Extension of Confederation Line West
opens in 2023

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Study Schedule
Spring 2017:
Existing Conditions & Corridor Selection
*Consultation Groups and Public Open House 1*
Summer/Fall 2017:
Evaluation of Designs
*Meet with Consultation Groups*
Fall/Winter 2017/18:
Recommended Plan
*Consultation Groups and Public Open House 2*
*Present to Committee and Council*
Spring 2018:
Commence Transit Project Assessment Process
Pre-Planning
Phase
EA Phase

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Study Process
• Environmental Assessment requirements
addressed through Transit Project Assessment
Process (TPAP); and
• Documented in Environmental Project Report
(EPR).

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Guiding Principles
• Provide transportation that complements the character and
quality of the corridors and communities;
• Respect the integrity of the natural environment & cultural
and heritage traits;
• Enhance the economic health of the study area; and,
• Early, ongoing, inclusive and transparent stakeholder and
public engagement.

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Need & Justification
• TPAP permits the City to rely on prior planning;
• Potential corridors identified and assessed; and,
• Ridership trends.
– Significant number of trips cross the Greenbelt.
• Half of Kanata jobs filled by Kanata residents.
– Increase in internal trips being taken.
• Mode split is currently only 3% for these trips.

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LRT Requirements
• Extension of Confederation Line.
– Technology and geometric constraints set.
– Completely grade separated.
• One corridor.
– Insufficient ridership for multiple corridors.
– Branching of the line will be challenging.

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TMP (2013) - Ultimate Network

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TMP (2013) – Affordable Network
Proposed Extension of
LRT to Moodie (Stage 2)

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Existing Conditions
• Collect existing information based on
desktop exercise;
• Level of detail suitable for corridor
evaluation; and,
• More detailed analysis of conditions will be
documented for the preferred corridor.

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NCC Greenbelt Master Plan (2013)
Shirley’s Bay
Sector Plan
Stoney Swamp
Sector Plan

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Existing Transportation Conditions

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Existing Transportation Conditions

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OC Transpo Routes

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Existing Natural Conditions

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Existing Natural Conditions

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Existing Social Conditions

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Existing Social Conditions

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Intensification Opportunities

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Alternative Corridors
• 13 potential corridors identified.
- North, South, and Central to Highway 417.
- Palladium assumed as western terminus.
• All compatible with proposed extension of
LRT to Moodie (Stage 2).

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Corridors (North of HWY 417)

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Corridors (Central & South of HWY 417)

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Corridor Screening Methodology
• All 13 corridors subject to preliminary
screening; and,
• Combination of quantitative, qualitative, and
comparative assessment.
Least Preferred Most Preferred
■ ▲ ●
Limited positive effect
Major impact
Highest cost
Good positive effect
Minor impact
Moderate cost
Greatest positive effect
Negligible impact
Lowest cost

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Criteria Categories
1. Ridership Potential and Network Connectivity;
2. Transit Oriented Development & City Building;
3. Effect on Natural Environment;
4. Effect on Social Environment;
5. Complexity; and,
6. Capital and Operational Cost.

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Corridor 1: Carling/March/Terry Fox
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
▲ ● ■ ▲ ■ ■

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Corridor 2: Carling/Rail/Terry Fox
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
▲ ▲ ■ ▲ ▲ ■

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Corridor 3: 417/Rail/March/Terry Fox
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
▲ ● ■ ■ ▲ ■

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Corridor 4: 417/Rail/Terry Fox
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
▲ ■ ■ ■ ▲ ▲

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Corridor 5: 417/March/Terry Fox
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
● ● ■ ▲ ■ ■

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Corridor 6: 417/March/Rail/Terry Fox
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
▲ ■ ■ ▲ ■ ■

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Corridor 7: 417/Campeau
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
■ ▲ ● ▲ ▲ ▲

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Corridor 8: North Side of Highway 417
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
● ● ● ● ● ●

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Corridor 9: Highway 417 Median
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
▲ ● ● ▲ ■ ●

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Corridor 10: South Side of Highway 417
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
▲ ● ● ▲ ▲ ●

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Corridor 11: Timm/Katimavik/Palladium
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
■ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲

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Corridor 12: TransCanada Trail/Hazeldean
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ■ ▲

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Corridor 13: TransCanada Trail
Ridership Potential
& Network
Connectivity
TOD & City
Building
Opportunities
Natural
Environment
Impacts
Social
Environment
Impact
Complexity
Capital &
Operational Costs
▲ ▲ ▲ ■ ▲ ▲

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Preliminary Preferred Corridor
Alignments
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
1. Ridership Potential
and Network
Connectivity
▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ● ▲ ■ ● ▲ ▲ ■ ▲ ▲
2. TOD & City Building
Opportunities ● ▲ ● ■ ● ■ ▲ ● ● ● ▲ ▲ ▲
3. Natural
Environment Impacts ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ● ● ● ● ▲ ▲ ▲
4. Social Environment
Impacts ▲ ▲ ■ ■ ▲ ▲ ▲ ● ▲ ▲ ▲ ▲ ■
5. Complexity ■ ▲ ▲ ▲ ■ ■ ▲ ● ■ ▲ ▲ ■ ▲
6. Capital and
Operational Costs ■ ■ ■ ▲ ■ ■ ▲ ● ● ● ▲ ▲ ▲
SUMMARY
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ▲ ● ▲ ▲ ■ ■ ■

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Preliminary Preferred: Corridor 8
• Provides transit spine equally connecting all of
Kanata
• Supports future March & Fernbank BRT Corridors
• No significant environmental or social impacts
• Supports development objectives along route
• Cost effective to build and operate

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Additional Analysis
• Based on feedback and ridership potential,
further analyses is required for:
- Corridors 5 and 13, alongside Corridor 8

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Next Steps
• Based on feedback from consultation groups
and public, project team will:
– Further analysis of Corridors 5, 8, 13;
– Confirm the preliminary preferred corridor;
– Develop alternative designs; and,
– Develop recommended plan.
• Public Open House #2 late 2017

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QUESTIONS?
www.Ottawa.ca/KanataLRT
www.Ottawa.ca/KanataTLR
Contact: Angela Taylor
(613)580-2424 Ext. 15210
angela.taylor@ottawa.ca