Why is the City planning on closing Woodroffe Avenue at Prince of Wales Drive?
The decision to close Woodroffe Avenue was made by the former City of Nepean Council through an extensive consultation process associated with the approval of its Secondary Plan and related Official Plan Amendments. This full community consultation was carried out in accordance with Planning Act requirements. Subsequent subdivision plan approvals by the City of Ottawa, also involving a statutory community consultation process, incorporated the earlier Official Plan mandated closure of this intersection and the approved design of that subdivision taking the closure into consideration. In order to ensure the orderly movement of traffic volumes in the area it was necessary to defer the closing until such time as the extension of Strandherd Drive to Prince of Wales Drive becomes available.
