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NEWSConnected to your communityMap out your cyclingand walking routesfor Liveable OttawaLaura Muellerlaura.mueller@metroland.comDidn’t get yourWar Amps key tagsin the mail?Order them today!Ali and BrandenAttach a War Ampsconfidentially coded key tagto your key ring. It’s asafeguard for all your keys –not just car keys.If you lose your keys,The War Amps can returnthem to you by courier –free of charge.When you use War Amps keytags, you support the ChildAmputee (CHAMP) Program.DRIVESAFE123456789The War Amps1 800 250-3030waramps.caCharitable Registration No.13196 9628 RR0001NightSaturday June 15, 2014 7:00 p.m.Perth and District CollegiateTom Wilson &Border BluegrassEMC news - Do you walk or cycle to getaround Ottawa? The city wants to hear fromyou.Interactive surveys that let people draw theirfrequent routes are now online and will helpguide how the city defines its active-transportationnetwork for the next two decades.Two versions of the survey – one focused onwalking and one on bicycling – are available atottawa.ca/liveableottawa until June 7 as part ofthe Liveable Ottawa Official Plan and masterplan updates.The surveys allow respondents to identifyareas where sidewalks, pathways or cyclinglanes are missing and needed.People can use the interactive maps to drawtheir frequent bicycle trips and to identifyroads or intersections that are dangerous oruncomfortable for pedestrians or cyclists tonavigate.The survey tool helps define what“type” of cyclist you are by asking how comfortableyou are on roads, cycling lanes andpathways.The pedestrian and cycling survey is thesecond phase of the city’s online engagementstrategy for the Liveable Ottawa consultation.The first survey launched in January and ranuntil March.It focused on general questions such aswhat people like about their neighbourhoodand why they chose to live there, how they getaround the city, infrastructure upgrades neededand issues related to intensification, such asthe height of tall buildings.Just over half of the 8,068 participants completedall 34 of the questions in the first onlinesurvey, which councillors applauded as engagingthe largest number of citizens of any citypublic consultation.The area including the Glebe, Old OttawaSouth, Old Ottawa East, Carleton Universityand Dow’s Lake had the highest participation,with 500 respondents from those neighbourhoods.Orléans was the second highest with252 respondents, followed by Lowertown,Sandy Hill and the University of Ottawa with248.“Since answering the questions was notmandatory, it is not possible to know whereresidents stopped completing the survey,” citypublic engagement specialist Barbara Backlandwrote in an email.“The survey was broken down into sections,so residents could have skipped around thesurvey and answered whatever was of interestto them.”The city also held a public open house inJanuary that attracted 179 people, a developmentforum with 31 industry representativesand a community forum with 110 representativesin February.Those consultations will guide revised recommendationsfor updates to the city’s OfficialPlan that will be tabled at planning committeeon June 25.A draft report outlining how pedestrian, cycling,transit and road projects are prioritizedwill be tabled at the transportation committeein July.Consultation on both the transportationmaster plan priorities and the Official Planamendments will continue throughout thesummer, with council consideration and votingscheduled to take place in October and November.The entire exercise should be wrapped upby mid-December. FEATURINGLyoness &Judy WoodstockPLUS SPECIAL GUESTSR.A. Cameron Jennifer Keating George LackeyTICKETS ON SALE NOW AT:Carleton Place Remembrance Gift Shop Smiths Falls Lockwood’s Sight & SoundPakenham Nicholson’s Sundries Westport Murphy’s Barber ShopPerth The Word, Dodds & Erwin Lanark Lanark Landing Almonte Kentfield Kidsor call George at 613-257-3730 or Dave at 613-284-6209$15.00 pre-concert or $18 at the door. Net proceeds to Calvary Christian Academy.R0012126914_0530Youths! Adults! Seniors!Earn Extra Money!Keep Your Weekends Free!ROUTESAVAILABLE!We’re looking for Carriers todeliver our newspaper!Call Today 613.221.6247Or apply on-line atYourOttawaRegion.com0307.R0011950359Kanata Kourier-Standard EMC - Thursday, May 30, 2013 37