Queensway Expansion and Hampton Park
Hampton Park is notable for being the construction site for the Island Park bridge replacement project that occurred during the summer of 2007.
In recent years there has been mounting pressure from the Ontario provincial government to expand the Queensway and make it more efficient. This led to a proposal by the National Capital Commission to build a new offramp on the west side of Island Park drive. The proposed offramp would have cut through part of the wooded area north of the Queensway and would have linked Island Park Drive with Merivale Road via a roundabout.
After months of pressure from the Island Park community the plan was eventually scrapped.
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