And you thought last weekend was busy being a long weekend, oh just you wait 🙂 Well last weekend was busy with the opening of Nokia Sunday Bike Days and Canadian Tulip Festival and of course the first long weekend…
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Traffic Disruptions This Weekend
Posted in All Stories, Annoucer Blogs, Codi Jeffreys Tagged with: Great Glebe Garage Sale, Ottawa Race Weekend, Sunday Bike Days, traffic, traffic delays, traffic disruptions
More Road Closure Alerts Today And Tomorrow
Just a little heads up for the weekend that sections of the Queen Elizabeth Driveway and Colonel By Drive will be temporarily closed to motor vehicle traffic today and tomorrow. These closures are necessary to remove the Rideau Canal Skateway…
O’Connor Street Closure To Add To Commuter Woes Downtown
A six-week closure of O’Connor Street in the heart of Centretown will force southbound motorists to find alternate routes during the afternoon rush. The city announced on Wednesday that it will close O’Connor Street between Laurier Avenue and Somerset Street…
Posted in Steve Boyton, Whats Happening Tagged with: City of Ottawa, commuter, Construction, detour, O'Connor, Ottawa, traffic
They’re Coming….Be Warned ;)
La Machine, will occur in downtown Ottawa, the ByWard Market and Downtown Rideau, from July 27 to 30. This event will bring giant mechanical creatures, thousands of visitors and five days of intermittent traffic impacts including one for setup on…
Posted in All Stories, Annoucer Blogs, Codi Jeffreys Tagged with: City of Ottawa, La Machine, traffic
What To Do About Ottawa’s Fading Traffic Lane Lines?
We know that long Canadian winter’s take a huge toll on our roads and highways. The plethora of potholes that appear each spring are clear evidence of that! But there’s another issue that seems to generating a lot of attention…
Posted in Annoucer Blogs, Steve Boyton, Whats Happening Tagged with: faded, indistinguishable, lines, Ottawa, paint, traffic, what to do
Spring Cleaning Time For The Bridge This Weekend
The Pretoria Bridge, connecting Queen Elizabeth Driveway and Colonel By Drive, will be temporarily closed to vehicular traffic this Sunday, April 30, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., for its regular spring maintenance work. Both cyclists and pedestrians will be…
Posted in All Stories, Annoucer Blogs, Codi Jeffreys Tagged with: Pretoria Bridge, spring cleaning, traffic, traffic advisory
More Traffic Advisories
A few more traffic notes to be aware of this weekend if you’re traveling to or from the downtown core. The Rideau Canal Skateway change rooms and washroom facilities will be removed on Friday and Saturday so to allow this…
Posted in All Stories, Annoucer Blogs, Codi Jeffreys Tagged with: City of Ottawa, disruptions, parkways, traffic
Traffic Advisory For Today
If Colonel By Drive is your daily route for driving, walking, biking or running….you might want to change those plans just for today as sections of Southbound Colonel By will be closed today. The concession equipment from the Rideau Canal…
Road Closures For Ottawa 2017 Red Bull Crashed Ice
As a result of Ottawa 2017’s Red Bull Crashed Ice event, there will be road closures and transit service impacts in and around the downtown core today through Sunday. Some roads around the Red Bull Crashed Ice venue beside the…
Posted in News & Sports, Whats Happening Tagged with: Byward market, Crashed Ice, detours, OC Transpo, Road Closures, traffic
Booth Street Bridge To Reopen Sunday
Booth Street Bridge will open to motorists, cyclists and pedestrians between Albert Street and the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway  this Sunday, September 4. The roadway has been closed to traffic since December 2014 to allow for construction of…
Posted in Annoucer Blogs, News & Sports, Sylvia Asche Bullard, Whats Happening Tagged with: Booth Street, bridge, traffic
Salad Dressing Spill On Major Toronto Highway
It was a huge mess to say the least! Police have charged a 52-year-old man from Brampton with careless driving after a transport truck carrying large vats of salad dressing rolled over on a busy Toronto highway while making a…
Posted in News & Sports, Whats Happening Tagged with: Don Valley Parkway, salad dressing, Toronto, traffic
Plan For The Presidential Visit in Ottawa To Cause Upheaval
Ottawa will play host to the North American Leaders’ Summit (NALS) on Wednesday, June 29th. With the arrival and departure of U.S. President Obama, the Ottawa International Airport will experience operational interruptions and flight delays. Passengers, employees and visitors…
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