Hospital Plans for expanded parking to support the Heart Institute

CHNA representatives met with Cameron Love, Senior Vice President of The Ottawa Hospital (TOH) on November 22nd to discuss the hospital’s plans to expand parking for the upcoming expansion of the Heart Institute. Mr. Love said the hospital will be integrating the parking expansion plans and requirements with the Master Plan development strategy, which includes an option of developing a new hospital across the street from the existing Civic Campus. TOH recognizes the impact of funneling additional traffic down the residential streets to reach parking on Ruskin, and as such the Heart Institute development strategy along with the parking expansion plans is focused on decanting traffic from the surrounding streets and the campus. Mr. Love also outlined that the Ruskin lot will be required for parking in the future to allow patients access to the Heart Institute programs/services and TOH will work closely with the CHNA on options on how the Ruskin lot can be organized. Mr. Love outlined that the planning for the Master Plan and Heart Institute expansion is in the early stages and hopes to have additional information in March to share with the CHNA.