Rocky Ridge Road Closure - Update & Mailing Campaign
Posted by Justin Havre on Friday, May 1st, 2009 at 12:05pm.After having two postponements of the closure of Rocky Ridge Road from City Council, meetings with the Mayor, various aldermen, Dale Hodges, and our MLA, Lindsay Blackett, we will be coming to the final decision to close the road May 11th, 2009.
If you feel passionate about this closure and realize the impact it will have on this community from risk/safety, economic and environmental cost perspective today and for the future, we are requesting that the community voice be heard once again. Your voice must be heard.
Please download and complete the draft letter (see: lines in red) http://tinyurl.com/LettertoLukeOuellette
Please forward it as an the attachment to Mr. Luke Ouellette. If you have time, it is important that you personalize it and tell your politicians why you believe they should keep this road open.
We have provided you with the top ten reasons that we presented to the politicians that you can use if you wish.
Please address your email To:
* Mr. Luke Ouellette, Minister of Transportation
Please copy your email to the following:
* Ed Stelmach, Premier of Alberta
* Lindsay Blackett, MLA Calgary NorthWest
* Dave Bronconnier, Mayor of Calgary
* Alderman Dale Hodges
* Rocky Ridge Road Closure Community Committee
Thank you for your prompt attention.
Sincerely,
-- Rocky Ridge Road Closure Community Committee (R3C3)
[ Draft letter ]
Letter to Luke Ouellette, Minister Transportation
In ms word format:
In rich text format:
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Top Reasons to Vote "NO" to Bylaw 30D209 Rocky Ridge/Royal Oak Road Closure on April 27th:
1) It's one of the highest used roads
Council is being asked to close one of the highest used traffic
accessed roads in the history of Calgary infrastructure - a major
arterial road access that already exists and has the highest
traffic volume in this community; This closure will have a
devastating impact on the community when there are viable cost
neutral and economically feasible alternatives to its closure;
2) Safety
If this intersection is closed, the Safety and Risk Profile of
our community, our families & children will change overnight.
There will be a substantial increase in traffic on 5 of our
residential roads. These are the roads in front of our community
center, toboggan hill, many playgrounds, school zones, baseball
fields, soccer fields, bus stops, school bus stops, walkways,
pathways and driveways.
3) Non-Resident Access
Due to our community having three large churches, the proposed
Latter-Day-Saints Temple, and our new LRT station, this road does
not just facilitate travel for the Rocky Ridge/Royal Oak
residents only but a portion of all Calgarians. If this
intersection is closed, all people travelling to our community
will be forced to travel these 5 residential roads instead of
direct access through this intersection. These people were not
included in any of the City of Calgary's traffic studies.
* Proposed Latter-Day-Saints temple will be directly
servicing 18,000 members within Calgary and surrounding
communities through out the week. This temple will be the 3rd
temple in Alberta and only the 8th in Canada;
* Royal Oak Victory Church membership 450 + expansion 550 +
# using church facilities @night/weekends 760 = 1,760;
* North West Family Church membership 100 + approx # of
people using church facilities @ night/weekends 1,000 = 1,100
* Potential for a percentage (not known ?) of Cochrane and
other North West community residents to access our LRT which is
intended to serve the communities of Rocky Ridge, Royal Oak &
Tuscany only;
4) Additional Transportation Costs
Mileage, gas, maintenance estimate: $950/yr/household;
$2,092,000/yr for all RR/RO drivers;
5) Environmental Costs
Carbon Dioxide Emissions estimate:
2.7 million kg/yr or 5.9 million lbs/yr;
6) Emergency 2nd Response
Possible increase of response time to respond to another
emergency from outside our community;
7) Promises Made But Not Completed
Surface Transportation Noise Policy, intersection & road upgrades
8) Communication Issues Regarding this Closure to the Community
Most residents do not believe this road would close because:
* It is the major access route into and out of our community;
* It is a full functioning boulevard with clear entrances
into all 6 sub-communities;
* City of Calgary signage indicating temporary nature of
access was removed for many years;
9) Petition Signatures
1,830 signatures (and counting!) Many with passionate comments,
speaking out against the closure, from residents of our
community.
10) Ok, we only listed 9 here, but we're sure you'll think of
your own. Thanks for all your support!
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