"De-Pave the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway" - NCC interview with the Ottawa Citizen, February 25, 2014.

And sell the prime real estate. "The impending removal from the Parkway of hundreds of buses per day leads to the question of whether it makes sense to devote a huge portion of the city's prime real estate to a commuter roadway. It is a massive waste to keep the parkway as it is."The National Capital Commission's new CEO Mark Kristmanson seemed open to the idea of reassessing the value of the Macdonald Parkway in a recent interview: "(The Parkways) might have value as 'relics of the 20th century..." There are over 52 kilometres of parkways between Ottawa and Gatineau; how much of that need be preserved for heritage value?

The scenic parkways cannot be de-paved and sold, thanks to laws created by Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, and a document prepared by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau called "The National Interest." The Trudeau document confirms that major municipal and provincial projects cannot be constructed on federal properties, especially if the landscapes are protected by heritage designations.

The Ottawa River Parkway is now called the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway. The road and adjacent land from Wellington Street to Carling Avenue, 254 ha., are protected by the designation National Interest Land Mass. 

"The National Capital Commission Scenic Driveway is a tree-covered route flanked with bike trails. All of the roads serving the site with the exception of Prince of Wales Drive are expected to be widened to account for a greater density of traffic." (Regenerating the Experimental Farm, 2016, page 30/74.) Note: Prince of Wales Drive is being widened from 2 to 4 lanes. Google: "Dow's Lake-Glebe Report, June 11, 2010". That is why Isabella Preston's 100 apple trees are being chopped down---savecfbrockcliffe.

Parkways were planned in Canada's Capital by Frederick Todd, Herbert Holt and Jacques Greber as coordinated parts of a continuous network. The parkway concept incorporated the goals of pleasure driving and moving large numbers of cars at a continuous speed. A meandering scenic roadway adjusted to topography and offers views and vistas of both immediate and more distant landscapes creating a pleasurable driving experience. (I cannot find out who the writer is.)

House of Commons Ottawa March 3, 1977 Mr. Walter Baker (Grenville-Carleton): "Mr. Speaker, I have a supplementary question to the same speaker. In view of the importance of roads, which was mentioned by the hon. member who has just resumed his seat, and in view of the importance of the quality of life, the movement of traffic and the general enhancement of the national capital, would the minister look into reactivating plans for the completion of the National Capital Commission parkway along the Ottawa River?"

"I understand that the engineering has been completed and this parkway is important to the development of facilities at the corner of Baseline Road and Woodroffe Avenue in Township of Nepean."

House of Commons Ottawa July 22, 1960 Mr. Thomas Miller Bell, Carleton, Progressive Conservative (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada): "...Among the new projects to be undertaken, I believe the Ottawa river parkway takes highest priority. Properly designed, it will be an almost revolutionary addition to our parkway system. To the whole capital it will give new character, added personality and distinction."