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Our Eco Awards are back! To celebrate Earth Week 2026, we’re again highlighting the people, places, plants, trees, and animals of Ottawa that inspire us, bring the community together, and enrich our ecosystem. Make a nomination today!
As part of a sewer and watermain maintenance project, the City of Ottawa was to construct sidewalks on a few streets in the neighbourhood of Manor Park. This addition has met stiff resistance with some Manor Park residents, though many are in support as well. Here we’ll take a look at some of the arguments made against sidewalks both in general and particular arguments made about this project.
Recently an inquiry about the safety of allowing right turns on red was brought to the Ottawa Public Works and Infrastructure Committee by Councillor Ariel Troster. Ottawa city staff responded to this by claiming that RTOR is in fact safer for pedestrians. But could this possibly be true? We dug into the data.