The Central Canada Exhibition Association has filed a Site Plan Proposal for the development of a new sports facility to be known as the “Ottawa South Sports Centre” (OSSC). The OSSC will be located at 2061 Rideau Road between Bowesville Road and Albion Road. A map of the location is available here.

The plans for the OSSC include two full sized NHL ice pads and a large indoor playing field along with a number of dressing rooms. The facility will also include a restaurant, an outdoor patio, food and drink kiosks, tenant spaces sports related businesses and other retail amenities. Also proposed is a second floor with 5 indoor golf simulators.

Local Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Trustee Greg Laws was provided a tour of the new elementary school on Spratt Road at Golden Eye Way by the OCDSB project manager Robert McMullen and representatives of the Ledcor project team on June 14, 2006. Trustee Laws took the following pictures during the tour.

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The gym is a great storage place	Walls going up in a classroom	Inside the library	The stage in the gym	More storage in the gym
Looking out of the library

The RSCA’s next monthly meeting is this Thursday, June 15, 7pm at the Rideauview Community Centre Room A/B.  One of the key the items to be discussed at the meeting was the plans for the parks in the community. Additional features are to be added to Claudette Cain Park and construction is due to commence soon on Park #5 on Spratt Road next to the new English Public elementary school. However, the RSCA has been informed by City Councillor Diane Deans’ office that neither Mr. Kevin Wherry or Patrick Legault, the two park planners assigned to oversee the parks in Riverside South, are able to attend the meeting due to restrictions to overtime. This recent City policy was brought in by Council as a means of reducing the City’s operating budget. As a result, it has become considerably more difficult for volunteer community groups to consult with City staff. (0) Comments

The Ottawa Carleton District School Board has released their draft capital plan which will guide planning for new schools for the next 10 years. This plan has two items of interest for Riverside South residents. It projects that a second elementary school will be required in Riverside South by 2012 and it plans for secondary school students in Riverside South to continue being directed to South Carleton or Merivale even after the new secondary school is completed in Longfields/Davidson Heights in 2009. (1) Comments

You meet the nicest people on the bus
The Ottawa Citizen
Published: Thursday, April 27, 2006

I was a little apprehensive about taking the bus so far into the city from Riverside South every day, and I wondered how long it would take and whether the bus would be on time.

But my pleasant experience on the No. 45 express bus from North Gower, via Manotick, has been wonderful. It is a 40-minute commute on a bus that's usually standing-room-only when we leave Riverside South on the way to our workplaces downtown.