Expect delays and traffic disruptions in the downtown area this Sunday, April 24

_ (via Ottawa Police) _ The Ottawa Police Service wishes to advise Ottawa residents that traffic disruptions are expected to occur in the afternoon of Sunday, April 24, 2016 in the downtown area. There will be a demonstration on Parliament Hill in the afternoon and participants will be marching, starting at approximately 2:00pm, to an embassy near the MacDonald Gardens Park (at Heney and Wurtemburg Streets). ...

#construction #queen street

Queen Street changing temporarily to one-way street beginning APril 24

_ (media advisory from City of Ottawa) _ Queen Street, between Bay and Metcalfe streets, will be reduced to one eastbound lane beginning Sunday, April 24. Westbound traffic will no longer be permitted. The change will allow for work to rehabilitate the street , improving pedestrian, cycling and vehicle infrastructure and ensuring the expected increase in pedestrian traffic can be accommodated when the O-Train Confederation Line begins operations in 2018. ...