If you drive on Bank Street through South Keys, you’ve hopefully noticed some new signs indicating that the speed limit there is now 50 km/h.
Better South Keys Centre, Local Project Updates – May 2025
A Lower Speed Limit for Bank Street, A New Pedestrian Bridge over Hunt Club Road, and More! BSKC’s Spring 2025 Updates Bank Street Bridge Cycling Improvements: The City has a project underway to develop design options for a comfortable cycling connection crossing the bridge, connecting Johnston Road to Kitchener Avenue. At Kitchener Avenue, the project would connect to cycle tracks […]
Join us – Ottawa South City-Builders Meetup
Stop in at KS on the Keys for a bit or a while and join in for an informal meeting/chat to discuss the latest on the redevelopment of South Keys Centre.
Can We Make Bank Street a Safer Place for People?
Across the city, there’s a lot of good things happening along Bank Street right now.
The Greenboro Live-and-Ride
At the north end of South Keys Centre sits the Greenboro Park-and-Ride, an underutilized public asset. Its 3.8 hectares of space is currently dedicated to free parking for transit riders — but what if it could be something different? Over the next few months, BSKC will be working directly with some local architecture students to answer this question.
How much of Ottawa came to be the way it is
Understanding all the complex factors that shape the neighbourhoods of Ottawa would require a graduate degree in urban geography, however, an influential historical plan and famous French town planner can be used as a starting point to better understand the urban form of Ottawa. Before 1950, Ottawa developed what can be characterized as a laissez-faire system that led to competing […]
Could Ottawa South be next for a multi-use winter trail?
Ottawa South resident Patricia Quigley has a wintery vision. While many other parts of the city have winter multi-use trails, the Ottawa South area doesn’t.
Three Big Changes Coming to South Keys Centre in 2024
Planning for the future takes time. Things like building new transit, housing, parks, and transportation infrastructure go through multi-year budgeting and construction processes that can be difficult for the average person to keep up with. So it’s no surprise that for the first two years of BSKC’s existence, not much has visibly changed at South Keys Centre. But buckle up and get ready, because there are a lot of exciting things coming in 2024.
Join us for our in-person 2024 strategy session
In preparation for all the exciting things to come in 2024, Better South Keys Centre is hosting a strategic planning session on December 4, 2023 to check in on our progress and plan our efforts for next year. Anyone interested in becoming more involved should attend as we’ll be discussing volunteer opportunities.
Advocacy progressing on Greenboro Pathway Missing Link
The Better South Keys Centre (BSKC) group has been hard at work progressing the vision for the Greenboro Pathway Missing Link and so we wanted to give an update.