3.0 MASTER PLAN

3.4 East Multiple—Use Greenbelt (cont’d:)

inconvenience of waiting for the seesaw bridge and the shallow, weedy waters of Kingston’s Inner Harbour renders these waters unpopular and thus the area should be encouraged for small craft such as canoes, row boats, dinghy sail boats and the like.

The Department of Public Works is planning to beautify suitable portions of the causeway with landscape treatments. This effort should be coordinated with an overall site plan to ensure visual compatibility especially since the causeway is one of Kingston’s gateways to the City. Another contentious issue which has been repeated by Kingstonians at public meetings is the need to remove the ship which has been abandoned along the LaSalle causeway in the inner harbour.

The area from Anglin Bay to Cararaqui Park/Belle Island is in a state of transformation. This tract of land is largely industrial and is experiencing relatively little use. This land is "ripe" for redevelopment and the City should not allow this unique opportunity to escape unattended. Long range planning and cooperation by landowners and the City is required to ensure this area develops in such a manner as to benefit all parties. The following plan illustrates a general land use planning strategy which has been developed by City staff - Planning, Parks and Recreation, in cooperation with Totten Sims Hubicki Associates (refer to Figure 12 and 13)..

Canadian Dredge and Dock is an industrial use on Anglin Bay which should be maintained. It provides the only dry dock for large boat repair in the area. It is also a water oriented industry which does not create objectionable noise, air, or water pollutants and in fact adds character and visual interest to Anglin Bay. Perhaps other small water related industries could be encouraged to group in this vicinity. The Bay must remain open to allow turning room for vessels maneuvering in and out of the dry dock but this would not eliminate temporary shorewall mooring ot pleasure craft visiting in this

The O.H.I.P. building at the northeast corner of Place D’Armes and Wellington Street is a strong visual landmark in the Anglin Bay area. This building and those employed within would benefit from appropriate landscape treatment to soften the structure and provide sitting and walking areas in the form of walkways and parkettes. This is in keeping with the present residential development proposed for some of the lands abutting Anglin Bay. One of the conditions of the City staffs’ approval—in—principle with respect to the residential development was that pedestrian access be provided along the Waterfront and landscape development meet their standards. It is also proposed that streets ending with sightlines to Anglin Bay also be maintained. Ontario, King, and Bay Streets are subject to this proposal.

In keeping with traffic studies conducted for the City, it is proposed that Wellington Street be extended along the railway R.O.W., once abandoned, and connect with Rideau Street just north of River Street. To the west of Wellington Street extension the ideal land use would be residential, giving added patronage for "mass" market goods Downtown and thus fostering economic stability. The land east of the Wellington Street extension adjacent to the Waterfront is proposed open space to satisfy the parkland requirement for added residents in the area and also facilitate a continuous Waterfront Walkway as proposed throughout the entire study site. Minor filling is proposed in the vicinity where the railway R.O.W. is close to the water’s edge in order to provide adequate land base for parkland. This land reclamation should be executed in a manner which would not jeopardize the integrity of the land spit just east of Canadian Dredge and Dock. This spit of land is envisaged as parkland with a raised lookout structure terminating a segment of the Waterfront Walkway. The lookout would also be visible from the LaSalle Causeway and thus accent this east entrance into the City. It should be noted here that the old Knapp’s Marina, now a tender boat repair facility for the Department of National Defence should be upgraded for aesthetic reasons as it too, is seen as one enters the City along LaSalle Causeway.