Belfast cycling link
Belfast Road provides an opportunity for a better link to Overbrook resident to shopping and communities south of the highway. The City is proposing a plan to complete a sidewalk and cycling link for Belfast Road, from Coventry Road across the Queensway, with improvements at the Trainyards intersection in Alta Vista. The plans and drawings are now posted at ottawa.ca/BelfastRoadMUP – please take a moment to review the plans and share your feedback.
Ending tax incentives for parking lots
My motion to have City Staff review Ottawa’s commercial property class tax rates was unanimously passed at City Council on April 11. The parking lot and vacant land tax rate is the lowest of all commercial tax rates, meaning a small business owner pays a higher tax ratio than the owner of an empty parking. At a time when our City wants to invigorate our main streets, encourage small business and intensify within the urban boundary, this tax disparity incentivizes the opposite – empty lots and surface parking. Read more >>
