The future of Wellington Avenue is uncertain. Here’s what you need to know

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Grinding voice brakes and gas and diesel scent, percolate on Wellington Avenue in hours of the week. The rest of Downtown divides the parliamentary hill, a busy artery in the city traffic, according to the traffic of the city, he said in 2023 after convoy protests.

Since then, the government has held competitive meetings for the future of the street outside the parliamentary station. Once the convoy protests are dragged for weeks, there are questions about who is responsible for managing the region, because it occurs at different levels of charge to eliminate them.

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The city fell to relocated street property to the federal government, but the talks were sent. Infantry, Senator Andrew Cardozo, who offered on Wellington Avenue, said that the Ottawa citizen was “close enough to the transaction,” he said.

However, Tooming the federal election may negotiate between the federal government and the city.

The federal government also recently announced a new finance to have a larger existence in the territory of Ottawa police service – The city and his police force had long asked for all protests that they are engaged in the area. While negotiations continue, it is unknown whether this finance is the size of the parking space.

Remember all this, you need to know what the plans on Wellington Avenue.

Wellington Street is sold

Despite the jurisdiction of the city for the city’s Wellington Avenue, often the region says this is the internal part of the parliamentary hill and the adjacent government buildings. There are offices in the south of the Wellington Street, 40 percent of parliamentary officers with West Block.

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The federal government has also launched a massive restructure on the southern side of Wellington, called Block 2, which will change a whole city block between the streets of O’Connor and Metcalfe.

All this, in Wellington Avenue, if the protests of Parliament from TBMM to Thelompton Street are often directed to federal politicians. The passion for the federal government to buy Wellington for Cardozo is due to the safety of parliament and their employees. Because the convoy protested, the protesters and politicians became hostile, conflicts and confrontation and aggression.

Thus, observers say the federal government is meaning to manage the street and the jurisdiction of the parliamentary protection.

Where stands now stands?

Negotiations were slow to transfer the street ownership.

Last autumn, Jean Yves Duclos, the Procurement Minister at the moment, Explained the discussions CBC news was split and dragged the city’s legs. At that time, the city claimed that the federal government did not receive an official offer.

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But Jullian Paquin, Society Service and Procurement is a spokesperson for Canada or PSPCAt this point, the government said in a statement in an e-mail “The restriction of vehicles in Wellington and sufficiently compensation of vehicles and compensated the city offered a suggestion of the potential impact of our commitment. “

Added paquin “PSPC remains loyal to the ongoing cooperation and partnership With the city of the public world in a way that balancing security for the Assembly in a way in Wellington Avenue with the city of Ottawa. “

Cordozo, a member of the Progressive Senate Group, thinks that the talks are about how much the city wants and the federal government want to offer.

In turn, city officials say the talks still continue.

“The federal government and the future of Wellington Avenue continues to discuss the future of Wellington Avenue,” the city’s interim director general, work and construction services and the Ottawa citizen sent by E-mail.

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Views competing for Wellington Street

The fistfights can also stay on Wellington Street what is supposed to serve.

Ottawa City Wellington Avenue appointed Wellington Avenue as a transport corridor in the internal transport research and does not want to see it.

The report will emphasize the OC transpone, and if the requirements on Quien Street continues to increase traffic requirements, the services are expected to be delayed. If Wellington is connected to vehicles, traffic delays of emergency vehicles and taxis can also affect traffic delays.

However, as the Queen Street, four lanes or traffic network rejuvenations, the supporters of Ridington Street on the global stage, it says it can be a beautiful fittings on the global stage.

“If you have passed many cities all over the world, many streets have been closed to traffic in the last few years and only opened the pedestrians,” said Cardozo. “This is such a widespread idea, but somehow in Ottawa, some people are actually hanging in this and feel the number one body.”

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On Cardozo Wellington Avenue, I would like to become a wonderful social collection space where the walks and promotions can catch the festival for those inhabitants and tourists.

The Senator can also give a pride of a special public space in the center of the Canadian Democracy in the center of the Canadian democracy, which is a crisis with a crisis under the annual threats of America.

“This is a matter of indeed a sense of national personality,” he said.

What about security on Wellington Street?

The security of employees working during the security and Wellington Avenue and the protesters became a concern because the events they canceled.

Last year, the NDP leader opposed the protesters who were heckled him in Jagmeet Singh. Cardozo also says this abuse. At that time, the parliamentary service was inside the western block inside and inside the federal government building on the other side of the street, but there is no police on Wellington Avenue.

The new financial announcement on March 7, Ottawa police service for five years for 5 years, for 5 years, Wellington Avenue will provide security for 5 years to increase security and government employees.

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The main catalyst of the transaction was a public survey to the convo, which recommends the participation of a police dedicated to the Hill of Assembly. Ottawa Security Director Eric Stubbs, 49 civil and swearing workers will organize the special parliament team, he said.

Even if the agreement was purchased by the federal government, the Wellington street raises questions about who will provide services. Ottawa police are still not clear if the police provides security for the next five years, if the city’s snow removal and other needs as purchased.

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