For the past two terms of council, our team has been putting in the hard work to build a city that puts residents first and improving their quality of life. We've delivered new and renewed community spaces like the Heron Park Community Building, Grand Allee Park, Firehall Park and the Rideau Winter Trail extension.
We've prioritized basic services that make our neighbourhoods livable and enjoyable, including providing recycling in parks and snow-clearing bridges and staircases throughout Ottawa winters. We've delivered tangible improvements to pools, beaches and wading pools, including extended hours, and expanded access to bathrooms in the ward and across Ottawa. We saved the People's Park at 160 Lees from a four-lane highway (the AVTC).
We've secured new non-profit housing in the ward and led the charge to protect renters with multi-residential tax fairness. We've fought to maintain, restore and improve transit service on key local routes, and to stop fare hikes for seniors and students. We've seen more than 30 streets renewed in Capital Ward, and prioritized safer intersections, wider sidewalks, separate bike lanes, and converted every residential street to 30 km/hr.
We helped Ottawa declare a Climate Emergency in 2019. Since then, we've saved money by retrofitting municipal buildings, secured $9 million in permanent annual funding for the Climate Change Master Plan, started the Zero-Emission Bus program, improved protection of trees, and modernized the Idling Bylaw.
We've pushed back against wasteful spending on issues such as Lansdowne 2.0 and Tewin. When a convoy occupation happened, my team and I intervened at the council table and at Billings Bridge to pressure authorities to act.
Working hand-in-hand with you, we have been able to achieve so much. Looking ahead, our goal remains the same: Building a fair, affordable and livable city that serves people and improves your quality of life.
This winter, our team has been going door-to-door in the ward talking to residents. We've also been dropping off a brochure, Capital Ward Report. If you'd like a digital copy of the brochure, you can download it here.
