Giant Video Sign / Bronson Traffic
While I’m on the topic of busybodying… here’s two short notes recently written to city staff.
Dear Mssrs. Brousseau and Doucet,
It has recently come to my attention that a proposal has been made to
erect a giant video screen on Bank St. at Lansdowne Park. This short
note is to register my vehement opposition to such a project.
As a Glebe resident for over 7 years I know that this project is
utterly incompatible with the character of the neighbourhood. Earlier
this year the Bank Street reconstruction project noted that the Glebe
is an important heritage district. This sign would be completely at
odds with everything about the Glebe.
Glebe residents neither need nor want a giant animated display on
Bank Street, and the current pixel sign at Lansdowne is more than
adequate to announce events at the facilty.
This issue has come up with no advance notice, no public consultation
and barely any circulation of information to neighbours. For a 22 foot
by 14 foot monstrosity stretching 45 feet into the sky this is plain
wrong.
I hope the city will quash this proposal rapidly. This sign would be
an eyesore.
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Greetings,
This short email is to express my support for the Bronson morning peak
right-turn prohibitions put forward by the Glebe Community Association
and the Ottawa South Community Association.
I realize that northbound traffic needs to access downtown, but there
is no reason that huge quantities of commuter traffic need to cut
through the Glebe.
The route from Bronson to Queen Elizabeth is not appropriate for heavy
traffic and the people on those streets are suffering unfairly. If
traffic must travel between Bronson northbound and Queen Elizabeth
then an appropriate alternative should be found so that no one need
live on a busy off ramp. In the meantime we should immediately
implement the proposed turning restrictions.
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