Site 7: CEF: Baseline Road-Merivale Road. Key Strengths
- Ideal parcel shape and size.
- Very good road access.
- Low cost implications for federal government.
- Good access to Highway 417.
Key Weaknesses
- Irreversible impact on the experimental fields and shelterbelts, elements identified as having national significance.
- Displaces agricultural plots subject to research.
- Does not conform to federal planning framework for the site.
- Not in close proximity to transit-oriented development or future urban intensification.
- Poor connectivity to rapid rail transit.
Site 9: CEF - Carling Avenue (west) Key Strengths
- Ideal parcel shape and size.
- Very good road access.
- Very good access to Highway 417.
- Proximity to existing Civic Hospital would facilitate transition.
- Low cost implications for federal government.
- No known physical vulnerabilities.
Key Weaknesses
- Irreversible impact on the experimental fields and shelterbelts, views and cultural landscape elements identified as having national significance as part of the Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site.
- Displaces agricultural plots subject to research.
- Does not conform to federal planning framework for site.
- Not in close proximity to transit-oriented development or future urban plans.
- Poor connectivity to rapid rail transit.
Site 10 - CEF - Carling Avenue (central) Key Strengths
- Ideal parcel shape.
- Very good access to Highway 417.
- Proximity to existing Civic Hospital would facilitate transition.
- No known physical vulnerabilities.
Key Weaknesses
- Irreversible impact on buildings, experimental fields, views and cultural landscape elements identified as having national significance as part of the Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site.
- Displaces agricultural plots subject to research and federal offices.
- Poor connectivity to rapid rail transit.
Site 11 - CEF - Carling Avenue (east) Key Strengths
- Within 400 m of existing rapid transit station.
- Very good road access.
- Very good access to Highway 417.
- Proximity to existing Civic Hospital would facilitate transition.
- Good potential for active transportation.
- Low cost implications for federal government.
- Great city-building potential.
- Site topography and configuration could generate great design.
Key Weaknesses
- Impact on cultural heritage due to intrusion into boundary of Central Experimental Farm National Historic Site, proximity to UNESCO World Heritage Site, and presence of heritage buildings.
- Moderate geotechnical challenges.
- Site topography and configuration could create design challenges.
- Does not conforms to federal planning framework for the site. (All info is from pages 30 and 31of 256 pages.)
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