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The long-awaited and much-contested Terry Fox Drive extension is set to open sometime this month.
Scheduled to open in June, the date has been pushed back to the mid-to end of July.
“We’re working on when the official opening will be,” said Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson. “It’s looking like it’ll be sometime between the 15th and 30th of July.
“I don’t have a firm date yet.”
The road will connect the north and south ends of Kanata, making the commute a little easier on Kanata north residents.
“This is very good news for us,” said Karey Mulcaster, a resident of rural Kanata.
The road extension will connect Morgan’s Grant with Kanata Lakes, with the hopes of easing the traffic on March Road – the only main road that serves the area.
“This road is definitely going to facilitate travel for Kanata north people,” said Mulcaster. “Can you tell we’re anxious for it to be opened?”
Last year, an environmental group sought a court order to halt the construction of the Terry Fox Drive extension. The South March Highlands Carp River Conservation Inc. filed papers with a divisional court asking for a review of the city’s decision to build the road through an environmentally sensitive wetland.
The application was dismissed and the road extension was given the go-ahead.
The project includes a man-made wetland to replace one destroyed by construction work, and the road will have fencing and underground culverts allowing the safe passage of wildlife, said Wilkinson.
Scheduled to open in June, the date has been pushed back to the mid-to end of July.
“We’re working on when the official opening will be,” said Kanata North Coun. Marianne Wilkinson. “It’s looking like it’ll be sometime between the 15th and 30th of July.
“I don’t have a firm date yet.”
The road will connect the north and south ends of Kanata, making the commute a little easier on Kanata north residents.
“This is very good news for us,” said Karey Mulcaster, a resident of rural Kanata.
The road extension will connect Morgan’s Grant with Kanata Lakes, with the hopes of easing the traffic on March Road – the only main road that serves the area.
“This road is definitely going to facilitate travel for Kanata north people,” said Mulcaster. “Can you tell we’re anxious for it to be opened?”
Last year, an environmental group sought a court order to halt the construction of the Terry Fox Drive extension. The South March Highlands Carp River Conservation Inc. filed papers with a divisional court asking for a review of the city’s decision to build the road through an environmentally sensitive wetland.
The application was dismissed and the road extension was given the go-ahead.
The project includes a man-made wetland to replace one destroyed by construction work, and the road will have fencing and underground culverts allowing the safe passage of wildlife, said Wilkinson.
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