City Helps Create Perfect Traffic Storm

The City of Ottawa is warning residents that the closure of the O-Train, Highway 417 around Preston Street and an Ottawa Redblacks game at Lansdowne Park on Friday.

The situation will cause “significant traffic and transit impacts.” The city adds in a press release that “If you are needing to travel, please expect delays and plan accordingly to allow for extra travel time.”

Bulldog columnist Ron Benn wrote about the confluence of a number of major west-end travelling problems and illustrates how the traffic planning mistakes are likely to cause major problems for weeks.

To read Benn’s column of July 13, City Hall Creates New Transportation Nightmare, click here.

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