Environment Committee: Cancelled for the second month in a row.
Transportation Committee (April 3): April’s Transportation Committee meeting saw the approval to make Bronson Avenue a safer route. Although Ecology Ottawa congratulates the Transportation Committee for this positive outcome we regret to inform you that councillors also approved spending an additional $8 million to fund a Glebe parking garage project. Take a look at how discussions unraveled during April's Transportation Committee meeting here.
Planning Committee (April 9): As mentioned in March’s monthly digest, the Planning Committee approved freezing Ottawa’s urban boundary.
City Council (April 10): The decision to freeze the urban boundary was officially approved.
Ecology Ottawa's Rating of City Councillors:
| Bronson Avenue safer for cyclists and pedestrians | |
| City Councillor | Rating |
| Councillors on the Transportation Committee* Counc. Allan Hubley | Thumbs-upThumbs-down |
| Increase budget for 2013 New Parking Facilities | |
| Councillors on the Transportation Committee* | Thumbs-down |
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Ecology Ottawa delegates to the Environment and Climate Change Committee on the Rain Ready Ottawa program.
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