Queen Juliana Park, Ottawa, Canada.

The photo is by Derek F., 2012.

The photo is by Audie, 2012.

Two Ottawa City Councillors tried to save Queen Juliana Park. Jeff Leiper and Katherine Hobbs .

City of Ottawa Planning Committee June 24, 2014. Proposed Motion No. PLC 77/4 submitted by Councillor K. Hobbs. WHEREAS the Preston-Carling Secondary Plan proposes a Carling O-Train (future LRT) Station.

AND WHEREAS the provision of expanded and enhanced greenspace is a key pillar in creating a sustaining, attractive and liveable neighbourhood.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Planning and Growth Management Department, when reviewing development applications for the properties currently owned by Public Works and Government Services Canada municipally known as 870 Carling Avenue and locally known as "Queen Juliana Park" that staff seek to maximize usable, programmable greenspace to create a district park and ensure safe and convenient pathways for cyclists and pedestrians to access and move through the space from the study area and the greater Civic Hospital area. (Google: Planning Committee ottwatch June 24, 2014.)

A road may be constructed through QJP to link the Sherwood/Carling intersection and Prince of Wales Drive. "Queen Juliana Park is owned by the federal government and is zoned to accept a variety of uses, despite the decades old greenspace located there now. The possibility of a road linking the Sherwood/Carling intersection and Prince of Wales Drive has been mentioned in past CDP meetings." (Google: "Bayswater Ave. focus of design plan worries" Toronto.com-Ottawa West News, December 05, 2013, Steph Willems.) "The draft plan showed Sherwood Drive being used as a neighbourhood collector with a possible link to Prince of Wales across Queen Juliana Park." (From: Preston Carling Community Design Plan; article by Steph Willems, "Preston-Carling CDP process ramps up"-Toronto.com-Ottawa West News, September 12, 2013.)