Friday, September 28, 2007
Albion Road
There are some things that just make sense, and one of them is opening Albion Road.
In Ottawa, drivers travelling north-bound from the Manotick region have to detour around Albion using either the Airport Parkway or Bank Street. The reason for it is that the residents of this neighborhood don't like traffic...and...cars.
Well of course, with traffic comes noise and some carbon monoxide pollution as well, but the bottom line is that Albion residents feel they are somehow more special than the rest of the city who live near busy streets. They think that, because they're rich and better off? that they don't have to deal with these inconveniences.
They are close to the airport, and they're also close to one of the most commercial streets in the city, Bank St. And more importantly, there are people in the neighborhood who live around Albion that could use it to get to their home quickly. Guess what? Some people might like to use your road to get to these places! Some friends of mind who live off Albion did their own stats and calculated the extra amount of pollution their cars creates because of their detouring. 6,000 signatures have been obtained from local residents wanting the road reopened after being closed for about four years now.
There have been some meetings between neighbors with shouting matches and the police being asked to watch over the exchanges. Hard to say if it'll be re-opened, but further meetings are planned to discuss the issue further to find a solution.
In Ottawa, drivers travelling north-bound from the Manotick region have to detour around Albion using either the Airport Parkway or Bank Street. The reason for it is that the residents of this neighborhood don't like traffic...and...cars.
Well of course, with traffic comes noise and some carbon monoxide pollution as well, but the bottom line is that Albion residents feel they are somehow more special than the rest of the city who live near busy streets. They think that, because they're rich and better off? that they don't have to deal with these inconveniences.
They are close to the airport, and they're also close to one of the most commercial streets in the city, Bank St. And more importantly, there are people in the neighborhood who live around Albion that could use it to get to their home quickly. Guess what? Some people might like to use your road to get to these places! Some friends of mind who live off Albion did their own stats and calculated the extra amount of pollution their cars creates because of their detouring. 6,000 signatures have been obtained from local residents wanting the road reopened after being closed for about four years now.
There have been some meetings between neighbors with shouting matches and the police being asked to watch over the exchanges. Hard to say if it'll be re-opened, but further meetings are planned to discuss the issue further to find a solution.
# posted by SBP : 11:44 PM
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Keep Albion as is. Albion road was never meant to carry the amount of traffic it was in 2002 let alone now in 2007. The modifcations to allow only 10 of 12 traffic manuevers serves well for both side of the issue based on the following to key points. 1. the neighbourhood is protected from over capacity traffic flows on a residental collector road. and 2. Bank street and The Airport parkway are designed and designated as arterial roads and are safer for the commuter.
I believe that many years of quiet safer neigbourhood with a safer commute has more value to all residents then that of allowing a rushed unsafe traverse of a neigbourhood to save a minute of a commute.
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I believe that many years of quiet safer neigbourhood with a safer commute has more value to all residents then that of allowing a rushed unsafe traverse of a neigbourhood to save a minute of a commute.
# posted by 
: 2:33 PM, October 15, 2007
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