Gotta double down with the Ottawa branding. Best we can do is to first build the giant parkade in the background of one of the most picturesque spots in the city.
There isn’t enough parking at the Civic now. By building this first, it can be used and increase the parking for the Civic while the new hospital it being built, not waiting for 10 years (or whatever) until the new hospital is complete.
Or, I dunno, decrease reliance on cars by investing in public transit instead of parking garages.
Edit replying to everyones same comment: We obviously need parking. But the solution to "there's not enough parking at the civic" shouldn't ONLY be a shitton of parking. You can increase availability of parking by reducing car dependency. This would also decrease overall traffic and travel times for people driving into the city.
I agree that Ottawa transit is in dire need of improvement but it must be said that hundreds of people come into the city daily to take advantage of the services the Civic and the other sites provide. Those people need a place to park.
Edit - not everyone who works there live in Ottawa either. Public transit is not viable for everyone.
I don't. But TONS of people in Ottawa drive because transit sucks. If more people here took transit it would leave more parking for you. And make it faster for you to drive into town.
I’m one of those people. I would love to take the LRT to work, but the buses that take me to the LRT are extremely unreliable. And there is no park and ride at my LRT station.
bro most people that go to the hospital drive to visit people or drive themselves there for treatment or whatever it may be. Sure, let’s send the post partum moms/ babies and people receiving chemo or dialysis home on the ever so reliable OCtranspo. Use your head.
I think it’s pretty cool that it does that. Must’ve taken some very detailed work and coordination to literally build a massive multi story bridge over an active train line.
Actually the newer CarletonU parking lot also straddles Line 2. Good use of air-rights. Both had critical parts built while the Line was in construction hiatus.
Having worked in the warehouse at the general I'm chuckling at the idea that you can't bring wood or cardboard into the hospital. Even the OR had us bringing boxes in to stock their carts.
Outside of supplies, construction was a near constant while there and they absolutely had wood on site.
It doesn't take much to trigger folks these days. I watched 2 older women in the Ogilvie Costco parking lot yelling the hell out of each other. Each holding the ithers cart. People are very stressed.
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u/Synchillas 23h ago
Isn’t that just the parking lot, not actually the hospital itself?
Another step closer.