The community rink at Kingsmere Park opened for skating today. Since it is the beginning of the season, the ice surface is a bit rough but it will get smoother over the next week. As well, the ice on the north side of the boarded rink is thin and so everyone is asked to stay away from the area marked off with caution tape for now.

Please observe physical distancing rules and see the City of Ottawa website for more details on COVID protocols for outdoor rinks. Per the latest guidance, a maximum of 25 skaters are allowed on the boarded ice at one time, and 15 on the puddle rink.

Thank you to the volunteers who worked hard in recent days to get the rink ready for the holidays!

At the Glabar Park Community Alliance Annual General Meeting on October 5th, Councillor Kavanagh announced that Glabar Park – and some adjacent neighbourhoods – would be designated as Gateway Communities. Speed limits within these communities were to be reduced sometime this fall. Signs indicating a 40 km/hr limit were installed earlier this month at every entry point into Glabar Park from Maitland, Woodroffe and Carling.  This is one more traffic calming measure being taken by the City of Ottawa to address the many complaints about speeding traffic made by residents.

City shares data from Lenester speed board

On a similar note, the Alliance recently requested data from the speed board located on Lenester, just west of Aaron.  For the year to October 19, 2021, there were over 278,000 vehicles observed.  Bearing in mind that this is only for one direction, Lenester probably had traffic of about 1,500 vehicles per day. 96% of those trips were below the old speed limit of 50 km/hr, and 56% were already travelling under the new speed limit of 40 km/hr.  The vast majority of the remaining vehicles were travelling in the 50-60 km/hr range.

By popular demand, the Glabar Park Community Alliance is please to announce a second Great Glabar Giveaway Day this year. Consider saving your items until Sunday, September 26th (rain date: October 3) and give them a chance at a new life.

Details in the poster below.