The Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Leitrim, established by the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals in 1941 is a DND facility located to the south of Ottawa’s Urban Core, in the National Capital Greenbelt. Building setbacks at CFS Leitrim do not currently satisfy the security zone requirements separating the Station from a public roadway as the property is bisected by Leitrim Road between Bank Street and Hawthorne Road. Presently, the existing footprint of the DND facility does not meet the setback requirement between Leitrim Road and the existing infrastructure (i.e., insufficient site security zone) determined by a risk assessment completed for the facility.
The goal of the proposed project is to ensure an adequate security buffer zone (160 metres) which includes an additional (60-metre) offset to accommodate berms and landscape to reduce visual exposure to the site.
The study was undertaken by DND in consultation with City staff, various government agencies, and the public. This EA identifies and evaluates the options to address site security at CFS Leitrim. The DND is proposing a road realignment option whereby approximately a one kilometre section of Leitrim Road will be affected.
This is a 4.5-year project to realign a section of a municipal road in the southern reaches of Ottawa.
Defence Construction Canada is overseeing work to realign a straight section of Leitrim Road, extending it one third of a kilometre by inserting a gentle curve that takes traffic 150 m away from the south side of the secure area of Canadian Forces station Leitrim.
This is an easy find cache at the end of the road.
Please respect the speed limit regulation of 30 km/h in front of the Station. Also, be careful if you park on the side of the road.