Tag: carp road
January 24 deadline for city to receive comments on Master Transportation Plan
Ottawa has grown into a city of one million residents. Over the next 25 years, that number is expected to grow to more than 1.4 million. With that kind of…
COOL VIDEO: Aerial timelapse at the corner of Carp and Stittsville Main
Videographer Rob Hambly of FitPix is creating instructional videos about drone photography, and he often chooses places in and around Stittsville as his subjects. Like this time lapse tutorial, featuring…
A timeline of upcoming intersection improvements
(PHOTO: Intersection of Huntmar and Maple Grove. File photo from 2015.) As we begin a new year, I wanted to provide residents with an overview of intersection improvements planned for…
LETTER: A lynx on Carp Road
Re: Where the wild things are… I have a shop in the Reis industrial park off of Carp Road just north of Richardson Side Road. We have seen a lynx…
DIRT OFF YOUR SHOULDER: Carp Road shoulder paving starts Friday
(via Stittsville councillor Shad Qadri) I am pleased to share that the City will be paving the shoulders on Carp Road from Kittiwake Drive to Westbrook as of tomorrow, November 17th. This…
LETTER: “We thought it was an earthquake”
Re: NOTEBOOK: Mystery blasting could be from nearby quarry I am a new resident with a house on Carp Road near Rothbourne. Two weeks ago, the house shook and we thought…
NOTEBOOK: Carp-Hazeldean collision stats, 2011-2015
(ABOVE: Collision at Carp and Hazeldean on September 25, 2017. Photo via Wendy Wright / @wrightofwayCFRA) Stittsville Councillor Shad Qadri says he’s asked the city’s traffic department to review resident…
COMMENT: Fix the Carp-Hazeldean intersection
(ABOVE: Photo via Wendy Wright / @wrightofwayCFRA) Avoid the corner of Hazeldean Rd and Carp Rd. Multiple cars in accident. #Stittsville pic.twitter.com/H8ZDGGElcp — Nancy Therrien (@NancyTherrien2) September 26, 2017 Yet…
NOTEBOOK: A fenced dog run, more cash for road repairs, ice cream at Quitters
FENCED DOG RUNS PLANNED FOR STITTSVILLE SOUTH NEIGHBOURHOOD Valecraft Homes recently tweeted out the design of a park and stormwater pond in their new Rathwell Landing neighbourhood, (located south of…
Carp Road Park & Ride upgrades include 35 new spaces
(press release from the City of Ottawa, photo via Google Maps) Sections of Carp Road Park and Ride will be will be closed intermittently from August 2 to early September…
NOTEBOOK: Farmers’ Market update, more thefts at Carp Road Park & Ride
FARMERS’ MARKET UPDATE There’s still no date set for the opening of the “official” Ottawa Farmers’ Market at Village Square Park, but Suzanne Bird is forging ahead anyways with a…
Familiar face, unique experience at Red Gables on Carp Road
Margarita Chen (pictured above) still doesn’t know exactly what made her buy a 60-year-old house on Carp Road and open a café, but one day she knew she had to do…
HIGHWAY ROBBERY: Wheels stolen from car at Carp Road Park and Ride
(PHOTO: When Jeff Levere arrived back at his car after work, he discovered that all four wheels were stolen.) Imagine getting dropped off at the Park and Ride following a…
NOTEBOOK: Trespassing, parking tickets and bike lanes
NO TRESPASSING SIGN HAS BIG IMPACT Finally had a chance to talk to Gerry Stephens from Stephens Auto Wreckers about the massive “NO TRESPASSING” sign he’s placed at the edge of…
Crime Stoppers asks for tips in theft of excavator
(via Crime Stoppers) The Ottawa Police Organized Auto Theft Unit and Crime Stoppers are seeking the public’s assistance with the identity of the persons responsible for the theft of an excavator.