CFS Leitrim to expand

CFS Leitrim is going to be enlarged over coming years, according to this lede-burying story published two weeks ago (Patrick Dare, "City OK with rebuilding Leitrim Road for military, as long as government pays", Ottawa Citizen, 16 May 2009): "City officials were told at a recent meeting with DND that the station's expansion is planned over the next several years." The article reports that Leitrim "has been suggested as a site of a new operational command building, a project that has been estimated to cost more than $60 million." It is not clear whether this building represents the entire expansion project.

Why the headline about Leitrim Road? The project will apparently require rerouting of a 1.3-km stretch of Leitrim Road in a southward curve around the station "for security purposes", presumably an antiterrorism/force protection measure. The road work is expected to be done in 2010.

Other (or possibly related) work soon to be undertaken at Leitrim:
- Canadian Forces Station (CFS) Leitrim - Construction of West Entrance
- Canadian Forces Station Leitrim Electrical Distribution Upgrade