Did we find the Ottawa Supercharger? Nope.

[MarcoRP]

Navigate: 1377 Woodroffe Ave, Nepean, ON K2G 1V7, Canada

Possible supercharger site under construction in Ottawa? At College Square, Baseline and Woodroffe, there's one small fenced area with many heavy cables coming out of the ground, and then across a newly-paved lot, there's a large fenced area with some rows of trenching being dug. No Tesla equipment yet (just a closed shipping container and yes, a portapotty) so this may be a false alarm - what do people think? Maybe a location for a new transformer and a new building in the parking lot, but then I would expect trenches around the perimeter for footings, not a wavy trench leading to some parallel trenches...

When we see some SuC equipment on site, please rename location to
Supercharger - Ottawa ON or
Supercharger - Nepean ON

Photos found on other thread

 

[Rik59]

Navigate: 1377 Woodroffe Ave, Nepean, ON K2G 1V7, Canada



When we see some SuC equipment on site, please rename location to
Supercharger - Ottawa ON or
Supercharger - Nepean ON

Photos found on other thread

It should be referred to as Ottawa ON; Nepean will be confusing for visitors.

 

[agloutney]

Can't be. somethings missing in the pics.

 

[Doug_G]

You mean a porta potty?

I modified the first post so that Peter's photos appear inline.

 

[Doug_G]

It should be referred to as Ottawa ON; Nepean will be confusing for visitors.

Nepean was almalgamated into Ottawa by the Harris government some years ago. The post office still uses Nepean for some reason, but it doesn't really exist anymore.

 

[Doug_G]

Here's the vicinity of the location from Google Maps. The white enclosure shown in Peter's photos was already existing, though it wasn't missing a side. Looks like Loblaws sets up the spring garden center in the area.

 

[MarcoRP]

But then why would they be digging up the ground?

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

I modified the first post so that Peter's photos appear inline.

Please don't do that. Inline photos are more resource intensive and slow down page loading.

 

[Peter_M]

But then why would they be digging up the ground?

I'm still not sure if this is a supercharger site. It has some of the features - many power cables coming together at one location plus an area of a parking lot nearby with trenches being dug, but on the other hand, it just looks different from other supercharger sites. There are no conduits, all the cables come out of one hole and the trenched area just seems too big to be a supercharger place. Also, the location of the digging seems awfully close to the Loblaws and as Doug points out, it's right where they have a garden centre every spring. Maybe they are just putting in some new raised curbs to rearrange the parking, and the trenches are for power to the light posts.

If Tesla equipment shows up, we'll know, but otherwise it's still a mystery. I may drop by and chat with the crew...

 

[ItsNotAboutTheMoney]

Seems a bit weird that they'd be digging up that whole area for the Superchargers, unless having to run the power and have spots for the cabinets and transformer means that it's easier to dig it all up, run the conduit and cables and then pave over.

But it also seems quite late to begin construction on any significant structure.

 

[wayner]

Please don't do that. Inline photos are more resource intensive and slow down page loading.

Dude - it is 2017, we shouldn't be posting assuming people are using dial-up.

 

[MarcoRP]

Someone check out Vankleek Hill's Herb's Diner, they must have something by now. We would have checked it out, but we only had to little range.

 

[Peter_M]

Sorry folks, College Square is a false alarm. I stopped by today and on closer inspection, all the "cables" coming out of the ground in that small fenced area are actually water pipes. I had a brief chat with a construction guy and he said they are doing "improvements to the parking lot". I think the water pipes are for all the plants in the garden centre that goes in that part of the parking lot in the summer. We'll keep watching and hoping for an Ottawa supercharger.

 

[MarcoRP]

Pinecrest Shopping Centre
St-Laurent Shopping Centre

 

[Rik59]

Pinecrest Shopping Centre
St-Laurent Shopping Centre

Are those guesses or based on something?

 

[MarcoRP]

Yep. Tesla is installed multiple Superchargers in malls

 

[Doug_G]

Changed the thread title.

 

[MarcoRP]

Also. Bayshore shopping centre might be a place.

 

[sakimano]

Dude - it is 2017, we shouldn't be posting assuming people are using dial-up.

lol

Changed the thread title.

lol again

poor ottawa. So underserviced. It's way the heck out there too...needs something pronto. The Rideau centre is a good start. Hopefully you get another option soon too.

 

[Snowstorm]

Rideau centre is better than nothing but is a very poor location in general.

It is away from the major highways and in a busy downtown location. The parking lot is busy and paid too. Much better to place it in suburb on the west side of Ottawa near Nepean where the highways meet.