. Terry Fox Drive Environmental Study Report Eagleson Road to March Road Final Report October 2000 Volume 1 of 2 \ DILLONeee we MOO eo PP eae eee eeTerry Fox Drive Bmtrnmontl Assessment Sud Environmental Sey Report March Road to Eagleson Roa ‘Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.0 INTRODUCTION. Ll STUDY AREA. 2 aan eae Ny 12 STUDY BACKGROUND... 4 121 Region of Otawa-Carleton’s Transportation Maser Plan. ae 122 City of Kanata Oficial Plan 1 13” PARALLEL STUDIES. ae vl 114 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS, 15 15 _ PUBLICCONSULTATION, oy : vouleT 151 Public Open House No. 1 1 452. Criteria Workshop. 18 153 Public Open House No.2... vee 18 154 Summary of Public Comments 19 2.0 PROJECT NEED AND JUSTIFICATION. 2.1 EXISTING TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM vn an 211 Pedestrian Facilites : 21 212 Cheling Facies 2 213 Transit Facilities 2 214 Roadway Facilities 24 213 Betting Transportation Demand. 26 22 TRANSPORTATION PROBLEMS/ISSUES meat 26 23 PROBLEM STATEMENT. 29 3.0 _ EXISTING ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS sess 3.1. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT. BULL Aquatic Environment 312 Terrestrial Emironment. 313 Suface Water Drainage. 32.” SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT B21 Agriculture 322 Archaeology. 323 Hertage 324 — Eoonomic. 325 Existing and Planned Land Use. 326 Social 40 EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS. 4.1 SUMMARY OF TMP PROCESS, cs ee) 411 Strategic Phase +1 412 Detaled Phase 42 42.” CONFIRMATION OF TMP RECOMMENDATIONS. 43 43° CONFIRMATION OF PREFERRED SOLUTION. woos 47 Dillon Coraline Lined ‘Bebe, 2000 IL Richards Assoietes LintTory Fox Drive vironmental Assessment Sly Environmental Sudy Report March Road to Eagleson Road 50. IDENTIFICATION OF ALTERNATIVE DESIGN CONCEPTS wes 51 DESIGN CRITERIA... 20 51 52 ROADWAY SECTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES S1 521 Section 1: Eagleson Road to Fernbank Road. $1 5322 Section 2: Fembank Road to Hazeldean Road 4 ‘523 Section 3+ Hazeldean Road to Campeau Drive. 55 524 Section 4: Campeau Drive to Goulbourn Forced Road Terry Fox Drive 56 523 Section 5: Goulbourn Forced Road/Terry Fox Drive to March Road 53 60 EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE DESIGN CONCEPT! 61 EVALUATION CRITERIA. 6.1.1 Relative Importance of Evaluation Criteria Groups. 62. COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF SECTION | ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS.....68 621 Bvaluation Assumptions os 622 Data Collection and Identification of Potential Impacts. 68 623 Overall Evaluation of Alternative Alignments. 68 63” COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF SECTION 4 ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS....613 63.1 Evaluation Assumptions 618 632 Data Collection and Identification of Potential Effects. 615 633 Evaluation of dlteratves on a Criteria Group Basis. 622 634 Overall Mult-Discipline Evaluation of Alternatives. 627 70 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 14 71 SELECTED DESIGN. a4 Td Preferred Alignment. 71 2.12 Drainage and Stormwater Management 7 7.13 Watercourse Crossings 73 714 — Construction Staging/Timing. 73 713 Projet Cost. 7 72. PROJECT BENEFITS, IMPACTS AND PROPOSED MITIGATING MEASURES....7-6 7.21 Terrestrial Evironment 72.2 Aquatic Environment 723 Surface Water. 724 Agriculture. 725° Social 726 Nolse. 72.7 Planned Land Use and Future Communities 728 Cultural Resources. 72.9 Bustnes8€8 73 APPROVALS REQUIRED. 74 APPROVALS OBTAINED 80. PREFERRED ALIGNMENT - FUNCTIONAL DESIGN... ‘Dillon Conaling Led ‘Geaber, 700 IL Richards & Asociates LimitedTory Fox Drive Environmental Assessment Sudy Environmental Study Report ‘March Road 1 Eapleson Road LISTOF TABLES TABLE |. = SUMMARY OF PUBLIC COMMENTS AND RESPONSES. 10 ‘TABLE 2.1 - EXISTING TRAFFIC DATA SOURCES 26 TABLE 31 ~ FISHERIES INVESTIGATIONS FOR TERRY FOX DRIVE CLASS EA 3 TABLE 32- SOILS OF THE TERRY FOX DRIVE STUDY AREA. 36 ‘TABLE: ~ CRITERIA, INDICATORS AND DATA SOURCES. 62 TABLE 62- DATA COLLECTED, POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND RANKINGS FOR SECTION | OF TERRY FOX DRIVE 69 ‘TABLE 63 - SUMMARY OF RANKING OF ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENT FOR SECTION Tat ‘TABLE 64~ DATA COLLECTED, POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND RANKINGS FOR SECTION 4 OF TERRY FOX DRIVE. 616 ‘TABLE 65 - SUMMARY OF RANKING OF ALTERNATIVE ALIGNMENTS FOR SECTION 4 627 ‘TABLE’ ~ PROPOSED CROSS-SECTIONS FOR TERRY FOX DRIVE EXTENSIONAWIDENING.- 72 TADLE 72 ASSESSMENT OF IMPACTS AND PROPOSED MITIGATION/FUTURE WORK, 79 ‘TABLE 73 - PREDICTED DAYTIME NOISE LEVELS SUMMARY. 78 LISTOEFIGURES FIGURE 1-1 STUDY AREA FIGURE 12 EVALUATION SECTIONS \GURE 1.3 FLOW CHART OF PLANNING PROCESS FOR MUNICIPAL CLASS EA PROJECTS FIGURE 21 REGIONAL PEDESTRIAN NETWORK FIGURE 2.2 REGIONAL CYCLING NETWORK [HIOURE 2.3 - EXISTING TRAFFIC VOLUMES (1997) - NORTH AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 417 IGURE 2.4~ EXISTING TRAFFIC VOLUMES (1997) - HIGHWAY 417/TERRY FOX DRIVE INTERCHANGE. {GUIRE 31 NATURAL ENVIRONMENT EXISTING CONDITIONS. FIGURE 32 SOCIO-ECONOMIC EXISTING CONDITIONS FIGURE 41-2021 PM PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES - EAGLESON ROADIHOPE SIDE ROAD TO. wy aI7 FIGURE 42-2001 PM PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES - PERIMETER ARTERIAL AND INTERNAL COLLECTOR OPTION [FIGURE 43-2021 PM PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC VOLUMES - INTERNAL ARTERIAL OPTION FIGURE 5 1- RECOMMENDED ALIGNMENT - SECTION | ALTERNATIVES, FIGURE 52 — ALTERNATIVE 4.1, FIGURE $3~ ALTERNATIVE 42 FIGURE 5 ALTERNATIVE 434 & B FIGURE 7 EFFECTS OF PREFERRED ALIGNMENT ON CARP RIVER FLOODPLAIN FIGURE 72 — EFFECTS OF PREFERRED ALIGNMENT ON RICHARDSON FARM APPENDICES Cand separate covet) [APPENDIX A PUBLIC CONSULTATION MATERIALS [APPENDIX B- GEOTECHNICAL REPORT ‘APPENDIX C WILDLIFE WITHIN STUDY AREA [APPENDIX D - OVERALL PLANNING CONTEXT [APPENDIX E ~ NOISE ASSESSMENT REPORT ‘APPENDIX F- COUNCIL AND COMMITTEE REPORTS Dillon Conan Linated ‘Beaker, 2000 UL Richards desocites LimitedTory Fox Drive EmronmentalAsseeren Study Environmental Study Report ‘March Road io Eagleson Road “Exeulive Sunary INTRODUCTION ‘The Region of Ottawa-Carleton and the City of Kanata have completed a Class Environmental ‘Assessment (EA) Study for the extension widening of Terry Fox Drive ftom March Road to Fageson Road, This study was undertaken to determine the alignment and cross-section for the extension of Terry Fox Drive north of Carspeau Drive (Section 4) and south of Winchester Drive (Sections 1 & 2), and t9 identify widening requcements for existing Terry Fox Drive between Winchester Drive and Capea Drive (Section 3), The EA forthe section between Hazeldean Road and Ferbanke Road (Seston 2) has ‘been previously undertaken by th City of Kansta and the results ae incorporated in his sto. ‘The EA requirements for modifying the existing Terry Fox Drive/Highway 417 interchange, whichis under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transporation, Ontario, were not addressed in this sud. However, his EA study has taken into account the implications of widening the exiting Highway 417 bridge structure in considering widening options for the existing section of Terry Fox Drive between (Campeau Drive and Hazeldean Road, ‘The Teny Fox Drive EA Study was co-ordinated with the study processes and public consultation sctvitie for the Kanata Official Plan Review, the Kanata North Urban Expansion Aret Stuy, the Shitley's Brook/Watts Creck Subwatershed Study, and the Castlefrank Road OverpassTterchange EA ‘Study, all of which an concurrently with all or portions of the Tery Fox Drive BA Study ‘The selected design altemative, the impacts associated with this design end the proposed mitigation ‘measures were presented to Regional Transporation Committee and Council, and the City of Kensta ‘Counel for their approval in March 2000. Following their approval, his ESR was prepared nd ile for ‘the mandatory 30 day perio for public review to complete the Class EA process. STUDY AREA ‘The study area for this project is illustrated in Figure F.1. The study area Boundaries were: ‘Terry Fox Drive(Mareh Road inthe north; Eagleson Road/Hope Side Road in the south; Crp River tothe west and ‘Eagleson Road/March Road othe eas. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT PROCESS ‘The preferred fnetional alignment forthe wideninglextension of Terry Fox Drive was determined using study process that follows the five (8) general principles ofthe Class EA process: -consuliation with members ofthe publi; ‘consideration of reasonable alterative; ‘consideration of aspects ofthe natu, sosialand economic environment, systematic evaluation ofall net environmental effets: and complete (tsceable and defensible) documentation ofthe decision-making process. ‘The wideningextension of Teny Fox Drive qualifies as a Schedule "C™ project according tothe Class A for Municipal Road Projects. Schedule C projects require the evaluation of planning altematives and design allenatives (fe, alignmentlross-secton) and the preparation ofan Environmental Stuy Repot Dillon Conlin Laied ‘October 7000 Ud Richards & Assoietes Lmtd Pages