Work on transit with Clarence-Rockland

Re: Why not add a lane and sabotage rail? Feb. 18. I noticed David Reevely made no mention of the portion of Highway 174 between Trim Road going east towards the municipality of Clarence-Rockland.

Both municipalities of Ottawa and Clarence-Rockland should be working hand-in-hand to find a solution to the unsafe and slow travelling conditions that this portion of Highway 174 is currently creating.

It is in a terrible state of disrepair and is no longer sufficient for the volume of traffic created by the growing population in Clarence-Rockland.

In fact, Highway 174 is used quite a lot by commuter traffic taking public transportation from Clarence-Rockland to downtown.

There are buses commuting every day from Clarence-Rockland, and from as far away as Hawkesbury.

In terms of the impact on Ottawa transit ridership, suffice to say that including ClarenceRockland public transit ridership in the equation would offset any potential reduction in Ottawa transit ridership. Linda Diodati, Clarence-Rockland