Conroy Road is a road in the City of
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada. It is located in the southern Ontario, southern portion of the province of Ontario, at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the cor ...
,
Ontario
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, Canada. It runs from
Walkley Road
Walkley Road ( Ottawa Road #74) is a major road in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from Riverside Drive to Ramseyville Road (formerly Baseline Road). It is mostly a four-lane divided road which runs through both residential and industrial ar ...
in the north to
Bank Street in the south. Conroy Road forms the eastern fringe of the neighbourhood of
Blossom Park, Ontario and ends in the community of
Kemp Park, Ontario. Conroy Road is home to
Pine Grove Forest and the Conroy Pit (see
Greenbelt
A green belt or greenbelt is a policy, and land-use zone designation used in land-use planning to retain areas of largely undeveloped, wild, or agricultural land surrounding or neighboring urban areas. Similar concepts are greenways or gree ...
), owned by the
National Capital Commission
The National Capital Commission (NCC; , CCN) is the Crown corporation responsible for development, urban planning, and conservation in Canada's Capital Region (Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec), including administering most lands and build ...
. Conroy Road has recently expanded, and divided between Walkley Road and
Hunt Club Road
Hunt Club Road, also known as Ottawa Road 32, is a major east–west route in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It originally ran from a dead end east of Bank Street (Ottawa Road 31, formerly Ontario Highway 31) to the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club; later, ...
due to residential expansion in Ottawa's south end. The intersection of Conroy and Walkley may be the southern terminus of the controversial
Alta Vista Parkway. Conroy Road is also known as Ottawa Road #125.
This road may be widened in the future due to rapid growth in the south end of the city. In this case, the whole route may be widened to 6 lanes including 2 HOV lanes between Walkley and Hunt Club and 4 lanes between Hunt Club and Bank Street.
External links
Google Maps: Conroy Road
{{Ottawa Roads
Roads in Ottawa