Now Parks Canada wants to turn the Ottawa Greenbelt into a National Urban Park. A 2019-11-04 Parks Canada letter to UNESCO--- about projects that negatively impact the Rideau Canal:
- Given the number of planning and development applications and limited staff and resources, Parks Canada has limited capability to participate in the review and comment on municipal plans and selected waterfront land development activities. As well, resource constraints do not allow for full follow-up or monitoring of development to ensure that comments and agreements have been addressed and applied.
- Some municipal official plans do not yet fully recognize and protect the Canal's heritage values as there are no common waterfront land management objectives among Canal corridor municipalities. (Parks Canada does not have the staff or money to monitor a World Heritage Site and adjacent land.)
UNESCO had concerns about the following projects. Reposting
- Rideau Marina redevelopment (Kingston)
- Third Bridge Crossing (Kingston)
- Former Davis Tannery Brownfield Site Redevelopment (Kingston)
- Rideau Canal Crossing Pedestrian Bridge (Ottawa)
- Highway 417 bridge rehabilitation (Ottawa)
- Chateau Laurier proposed extension (Ottawa)
- The new Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus (For information Google: State of Conservation Report, Rideau Canal, May 2018.)
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