Cumberland Candidate Stephen Blais is questioning why Councillor Jellett waited more than two years after he urged him to ask city staff to cost out bringing LRT to Trim Road and building the Cumberland transit line as an LRT out to Millennium Road instead of a BRT.

”On April 15, 2008, I emailed Councillors Jellett, Monette, Bloess and Bellemare and urged them to ask city staff to cost out an Orléans LRT link," says Blais. "With less than seven weeks to go before election-day, I’m not surprised that Councillor Jellett has now taken my advice for the sole purpose of his re-election."

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On Sunday August 29th during CTV Ottawa’s Focus segment, Councillor Rob Jellett said he voted against the roundabout in Orléans. Not surprising to residents this is not entirely true. On Thursday, January 28, 2010, Councillor Jellett clearly voted for this roundabout.

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The City of Ottawa is known as Silicon Valley North but there is no denying that City Council’s lack of vision is contributing to our city lagging behind so many others when it comes to the use of technology. Cumberland Candidate Stephen Blais has proposed the City of Ottawa embrace technologies, currently in use by others cities, to save taxpayers millions.

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Stephen discusses with CFRA's Rob Snow how innovation and the use of technology can save the City Millions.

To listen to Stephen on the Municipal Panel click here.

I have always been against this unwanted and unneeded roundabout in our community, which is why I have lobbied to have this project killed.

Despite the East End being in desperate need of major infrastructure investments, this roundabout is nothing but a safety hazard for our residents that will cost us millions of dollars. To make matters worse, City Hall will now spend nearly almost a million dollars more than planned prior to construction even commencing.

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