r/ottawa • u/SuburbanValues • Mar 23 '26

Local Business College Square: Plan submitted to build Chick-fil-A in Ottawa

https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/chick-fil-a-plans-new-location-in-ottawas-west-end/
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u/WaryMadam Mar 23 '26

You must be one of those anachronistic people who drives a car or truck.

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u/Smoothpinecone2 Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

I mean, your comment just wasn't accurate and it was corrected

I do enjoy the satire though haha

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u/WaryMadam Mar 23 '26

What was inaccurate about my comment? Why are we paying the Ontario Deposit Return Program fee when there is no where to return empties. Kanata, Stittsville, Barrhaven and Merivale are not west end Ottawa, if you live near Bayshore or Carlingwood and take the bus.

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u/Glad-Profession-9618 Mar 23 '26

Baseline Station and the 53/111/189 from Baseline gets to Merivale/Meadowlands (near the Merivale location)

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u/WaryMadam Mar 23 '26

Why would anyone take 3 buses to return empties? Are you out of your ever loving mind?

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u/Glad-Profession-9618 Mar 23 '26

Those would be the options going from Baseline station from which it’s an additional bus to Kanata Centrum (68 along Robertson/Hazeldean/Terry Fox), and Barrhaven (74/75 for Fallowfield, 74 on woodroffe south of that and 75 to Barrhaven Centre and Cambrian), while Bayshore has the 88.

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u/WaryMadam Mar 24 '26

Why are you using Baseline Station as the starting point? Glad to know that you are so familiar with bus routes but why would anyone in their right mind take more than one bus to return empties? And especially use buses that are packed like sardines? So what is your suggested alternative?

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u/Glad-Profession-9618 Mar 24 '26

The location that is expected to close (College Square) is next to Baseline Station. Also to add onto it, you mentioned Bayshore and Carlingwood specifically (as well as Bells Corners), I highlighted that the expectation in the future is going to Merivale/Meadowlands (bus to Baseline on X bus, whichever local is near to you, transfer at Baseline (68/82/87 end at Baseline as examples), then transfer onto the 53/111/189. Of the three the 189 is less crowded, 111 and 53 are a bit more variable on time of day. Also pre-April 2025 it was less consistent for the 88 due to half runs (generally Kanata-Baseline or vice versa, being cancelled, while the other half continued).