Permanent changes.

1.) "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.)

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

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." (The Ottawa Hospital, Official Documentation for the Hospital Master Plan, pages 7 and 8.)

Prince of Wales Drive should always be owned by the citizens of Canada:"The scenic highways in the National Capital Region 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." (The Greber Report, page 280/395.)

"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
• Queen Elizabeth Drive along the Rideau Canal and through the Experimental Farm to Carling Avenue."

2.) Relocation of the intersection of Ash Lane and Winding Lane.

3.)"I have several times mentioned to developers or their agents that they should be going after the Sir John Carling Building, which the Feds propose to raze to the ground, even though all the grassy area between it and Carling is already zoned for high-rises. The obsolete office building should be gutted, reclad and sold out as condos." (West Side Action, November 18, 2011.)

The grassy area between the Sir John Carling Building and Carling Avenue was called Queen Juliana Park. Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau gave the park to the people of Canada in 1976 after the National Capital Commission banned the following activities on Commissioners Park---Canada Day and Italian Week festivities; fundraising for different organizations etc. (Google: "Stop the rezoning of Parks to Condos-Queen Juliana in Little Italy.") The Minister of Public Works Mr. McIlraith told the House of Commons that no buildings would be permitted on the land after the World War 11 Temporary Buildings were removed. House of Commons June 16, 1958. And Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent signed a Privy Council Order in Council on March 19, 1954, declaring that the entire Experimental Farm would remain "an open area" in perpetuity.

The William Saunders Building in 1940. All of the trees and green space north of the building are being taken over by a medical centre.

4.) Most of Birch Drive will disappear. Photos are included in the friendsofthefarm newsletter:

HEADS UP! ROAD CLOSURE ON BIRCH DRIVE:

• Section of Birch Drive closed on July 11, 2022 at the new hospital site.
• Birch Drive closure at Maple Drive and bulldozer, August 16, 2022.
• "Construction Site". Birch Drive closed near the William Saunders Building, August 16, 2022. (friendsofthefarm newsletter, Fall of 2022, Volume 34, page 3/12.)