Prince of Wales Drive is off-limits to the Civic Hospital redevelopment.

 The corporation wants to build a mega-hospital between Carling Avenue, Preston Street and land west of the Dominion Observatory. The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum is located at 901 Prince of Wales Drive:

However: "The scenic highways in the NCR are dedicated to the memory of Canadian soldiers who died fighting in foreign wars. They will be owned by the citizens of Canada in perpetuity." (From: The Greber Report, page 288/395.) 

 Prince of Wales Drive is part of a network of scenic highways that were created by Frederick Todd, Herbert Holt and Jacques Greber: 

"Approximately 13.5 kilometres of scenic parkways were constructed by the Ottawa Improvement Commission and the Federal District Commission preceding 1945. That network included the former Lady Alexandra Drive along the banks of the Ottawa River through Rockcliffe Park to Government House; Lady Grey Drive; Island Park Drive; the Champlain Bridge; and Queen Elizabeth Drive along the Rideau Canal and through the Experimental Farm to Carling Avenue.'

"The Experimental Farm Drive was completed in 1936 as part of a central parkway loop that linked Queen Elizabeth Drive, Island Park Drive and Prince of Wales Drive." (From: Updated NCC Policy for Parkways, March of 2014.)

Land beside the Ottawa River, Rideau River and Rideau Canal, and the parkways are protected by a federal designation called the National Interest Land Mass (1988). "The NILM consists of the national shrines, the river and canal banks, the Confederation Boulevard, the Gatineau Park and the Greenbelt in the National Capital Region...Land forming part of the NILM shall be retained by the NCC in perpetuity..." (Google: 1988-09-15-TB-re-NCC.) 

Scenic highways in the National Capital Region. 

• Ottawa River Parkway, Wellington Street to Carling Avenue - 254 ha.
• Champlain Bridge, Island Park Drive - 15 ha.
• Airport Parkway - 120 ha.
• Eastern Parkway, Hemlock Road to Hwy 417 - 72 ha.
• Eastern Driveway and Rockcliffe Parkway from Sussex Drive to the Greenbelt - 255 ha.
• Ottawa River shoreline proposed Voyageur Parkway - 84 ha.
• Leamy Lake Park and part of Philemon Wright Corridor - 285 ha.

Proposed NILM Lands.

• Experimental Farm Dr. Corridor Queensway to Experimental Farm - 76.0 ha.
• Western Parkway Corridor, Carling Avenue to Queensway - 40.0 ha.
• Alta Vista Corridor, Kitchener Avenue to Smyth Road - 69.0 ha.

The National Capital Commission transferred Prince of Wales Drive to the Municipality of Ottawa: "The parkways which now run through the Farm, the Driveway which is owned by the National Capital Commission and Prince of Wales Drive which is owned by the Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton are scenic roadways which link the Farm to the city and reinforce the distinctive character of the historic place." (From: The Ottawa Hospital-Official Documentation for the Hospital Master Plan, pages 7 and 8.)

"Prince of Wales adjacent to the the Farm is being widened from 2 lanes to 4 lanes." (Google: Dow's Lake-Glebe Report - June 11, 2010.)