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What Ottawa residents need to know, at a glance:

— The National Capital Commission will reactivate an interprovincial bridge study

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— More low-rate financing will be available to spur the development industry to build residential rental units

— Municipalities can access $2.2 billion more in gas tax transfer revenue as a one-time top up, helping fix or expand infrastructure

— The federal government is challenging municipalities to come up with ways to speed up affordable housing construction

— There could be an opportunity to grow rural tourism through a new Canadian Experiences Fund

A national capital bridge battle has been revived by the Liberal government, to the chagrin of mayors on both sides of the Ottawa River.

Tuesday’s federal budget proposes to kick-start the process to create a new interprovincial bridge, threatening to reopen old wounds from the last time the federal government, two provincial governments and two municipal governments tried to find a location to build a new crossing between Ottawa and Gatineau.