The City of Ottawa is open to considering a request from the federal government to purchase Wellington Street and transfer the land from city to federal jurisdiction.
Speaking to CTV News, Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe said conversations about the future of Wellington Street have been going on for months. While any decision ultimately has to be approved by Ottawa city council, Sutcliffe says the parties involved are "open minded" about plans for the street.
"If that road is not open to vehicles, it can't be what it is now, which is designed for vehicles but isn't being used by them and just has concrete barricades at either end," the mayor told CTV News. “The objective of this agreement would be to address the immediate security imperative by maintaining the current road closure, while providing the City and the federal government time to establish a fair deal and launch planning activities," the letter reads.
The government's opinion that Wellington should remain closed was echoed by a parliamentary committee that found last December that the street should stay closed to cars. The House of Commons committee recommended parliamentarians look into the expansion of the Parliamentary Precinct to include sections of Wellington and nearby Sparks Street, a pedestrian mall.closed off to vehicular traffic
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