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East Ottawa : New commercial development means more traffic for Canotek Park

As work begins to roll forward on a new Gloucester-based industrial and light manufacturing building in the Canotek Business Park, some residents are expressing concerns about increased traffic along already-congested streets.

Construction on the new 122,500-sq.-ft. building on Rainbow Street is slated to start in earnest next month, according to officials, the first of two properties planned for the site owned by the Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan. The project is expected to be substantially completed by Sept. 1, with tenants occupying the space by mid-November at the latest.

But Tim Tierney, president of the Beacon Hill Community Association (BHCA), says the roadways coming in and out of Canotek Business Park are already bursting at the seams during peak hours.

"In the mornings getting out of the neighbourhood, getting up that hill at Shefford is already a major challenge," he recounts.

It's the same situation many evenings, Tierney continues, with sporting events happening in the area. That stretch of Shefford meeting Montreal and Canotek roads is also a prime location for accidents, he says, with "quite a few" occurring at both intersections.

"Something definitely has to be done before they start adding in additional businesses," Tierney suggests. "I've noticed a lot more traffic (in the last couple years). The city has to wake up and realize with more business comes more traffic."

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