traffic & transit

Changes to traffic on Nicholas Street near Campus Transit Station will take place starting the evening of Sunday, August 23.  A duct bank located under the Transitway that provides heating and cooling to University of Ottawa buildings must be relocated in advance of the O-Train’s Confederation Line construction scheduled to take place in 2016. ...

Beginning on Saturday, August 22 at 11p.m. Greenbank Road will be closed to vehicular, cycling and pedestrian traffic in both directions between Malvern Drive and Wessex Road. The road will be closed to prepare for a new railway detour. Greenbank Road is expected to reopen on Sunday, August 23 in the afternoon. ...

O-Train Trillium Line service will be temporarily replaced by Route 107 bus service on Friday, August 21, starting at 9:30 p.m. to complete maintenance work in various locations along the track.  To minimize the impact to customers, the maintenance work will be completed overnight and service will resume Saturday morning as per the regular schedule. ...

Residents travelling through Little Italy and the Civic Hospital neighbourhoods have more travel options thanks to a new bridge connecting Hickory Street and Adeline Street. Until the bridge opened last week, both streets came to a dead end on opposite sides of the O-Train Trillium Line rail bed. ...

The intersection of Brian Coburn Boulevard and Portobello Boulevard will be closed this weekend, starting at 7 a.m. on Saturday, August 15.  The closure is required to facilitate construction of the roundabout at the intersection, specifically to complete the installation of the final layer of asphalt pavement and line painting. ...

East-end motorists will get a smooth ride the length of Ogilvie Road this fall, and pedestrians will find the sidewalks more inviting and accessible. Curb-to-curb repaving and replacement or repair of curbs and sidewalks are underway, and the work is scheduled to be finished by August 31, weather permitting. ...

The Ford Focus Electric, parked in front of OttawaStart World Headquarters in Stittsville. I had the chance to drive a Ford Focus Electric car last week thanks to Ford Canada, and it opened my eyes to a small but growing electric car community in Ottawa. ...

Greenbank Road will be closed to vehicular, cycling and pedestrian traffic in both directions between Malvern Drive and Wessex Road, overnight from 8 p.m. Friday, August 7 to 7 a.m. Saturday August 8. The road will be closed to begin construction of a railway track across the Greenbank Detour Road, as part of the Greenbank Road widening project. ...

One lane on Albert Street eastbound from the Transitway to Bronson Avenue will be closed from August 7 to the end of the month. A signed detour will be in place.  Albert Street is being widened to accommodate OC Transpo buses from 2016 to 2018, while the West Transitway is converted to a light rail corridor for the O-Train Confederation Line. ...

Main Street will be fully closed to traffic between Hawthorne Avenue and Lees Avenue, from the night of Friday August 7 to the early morning of Monday August 24.  During that period, Main Street from Hawthorne Avenue to Greenfield Avenue will be open to both northbound and southbound traffic. ...