Lebreton is an existing bus transit station along the Transitway. The OLRT alignment will be located a short distance south of the existing bus Transitway.
The new station will be integrated with a new Booth Street bridge. This will raise Booth Street through the NCC’s development land on either side of the Booth Street right of way. The new station platform will be located one level below the bridge, along the edge of the existing aqueduct. The station platforms extend east and west of Booth Street; however, the bridge provides significant cover over the platforms. Pedestrians arrive through wide plazas located on both the east and west sides of Booth Street. Passengers descend to the platforms at the lower level.
Passengers will have direct visual and physical access to the existing cycling and pedestrian pathways along the aqueduct. Bicycle racks will be at the aqueduct levels in weather protected zones.
The Lebreton site has a unique relationship to a number of heritage elements and other neighbourhood amenities, including the Canadian War Museum and Park, the Fleet Street Pumping Station, the Ottawa River, Chaudière Falls, the City of Gatineau, nearby recreational trails and the Trans Canada Trail. The station design will allow for pedestrian connections to all of these elements, as well as accommodating increased pedestrian traffic from the redevelopment of vacant lands around the station. It will also respect the heritage designation of both the adjacent bridge and aqueduct.
Station Theme: Algonquin
The theme of this station is ‘Algonquin’ and as such, the station design will express Algonquin culture. One of the ways that this will be achieved is through the development of a visible storm water management system and water garden that helps to explain the importance of the natural world in general and water in particular to the Algonquin’s. Additional concepts to express Algonquin culture will be developed in conjunction with the local and aboriginal community.
