#la machine #ottawa #Schedule

Where to watch La Machine (and how to get through downtown when it's on)

[caption id=“attachment_74261” align=“aligncenter” width=“1000”] Long Ma rests outside city hall. He will awaken at 10 a.m. Friday. (Devyn Barrie/OttawaStart.com)[/caption] La Machine, a mechanical street theatre production, will take over the downtown core from July 27-30. It will probably be hard to miss these dozen-or-so metres tall mechanical creatures roaming around in the streets, but as a helpful guide here’s the schedule from Ottawa 2017: _ (Long Ma is the dragon-horse and Kumo is the spider) _ [caption id=“attachment_74263” align=“alignright” width=“312”] Kumo asleep atop the Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica on Thursday, before awakening at 8 p. ...

Road closures for La Machine street performance July 27-30

[ ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/138710500@N02/27276385282/in/photolist-HGXcPP-HGXabx-HGXc6z-HhAtsJ-HGXb9V-HhAtFj-HGXcNr-HGXcR2-HyjB3S-HGXaZ6-HhAu5L) _ (Via City of Ottawa) _ La Machine, an Ottawa 2017 Signature Event , 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 Wednesday, July 26 – to Ottawa’s downtown. ...

#infrastructure #o-train #oc transpo #Trillium Line

RICKETY RAIL: OC Transpo hopes to cut downtime with Trillium Line equipment overhaul

[caption id=“attachment_69101” align=“aligncenter” width=“1024”] OC Transpo is bringing Trillium Line infrastructure up to date in an effort to improve reliability. (Lezumbalaberenjena/Wikimedia Commons/Public domain)[/caption] OC Transpo hopes to cut down on Trillium Line service disruptions by replacing decades-old infrastructure in two large projects over the next year. ...