According to the last “Status Report” made available on the agenda for next week’s meeting of the Planning Committee, the report concerning the renaming of Wellington Street, initially scheduled for September 13, is now scheduled for 2012 Q1.
This confirms the information published in an earlier update.
We would also like to point out that the sponsor of the renaming of Wellington Street, Mr. Bob Plamondon, has now put an end to his campaign according to an op-ed he wrote for the Ottawa Citizen during the Thanksgiving weekend.
Therefore, we are putting the “Save Wellington Street” campaign component of opposing the street renaming on hold pending any new developments.
Our campaign has achieved its primary goal to “save” Wellington Street from being renaming, something we had equaled to historical vandalism.
Since the beginning of the campaign, we have advocated for the renaming of Airport Parkway as the alternative. Considering that Mr. Plamondon is now proposing the renaming of Ottawa River Parkway, this element is no longer necessary.
The last component of our campaign was to have Wellington Street designated as a National Historical District. We will pursue this element and announce more details briefly.
The campaign website will be maintain until the matter at city hall is completed closed with either the cancellation of the report or the submission of the report, we hope the former. Once that happens, the website will continue for the last component of our campaign.
In closing, we would like to thank all our supporters who have made this victory possible.
Note: a press release on Thursday Oct. 20 will provide more details on the future direction of the campaign.