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The City of Ottawa has released a drone video of the Confederation Line to show construction progress as of June 2018. The line is supposed to open in November this year, less than four months away, but that may be up in the air, according to CBC Ottawa: ...

_ (Via Government of Ontario) _ Ontario is increasing its investment in the next phase of Ottawa’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, extending the line further to help manage congestion, reduce emissions, and increase transportation options for commuters and families in the capital region. ...

[caption id=“attachment_69101” align=“aligncenter” width=“1024”] OC Transpo hopes two large projects to bring Trillium Line infrastructure up to date will improve reliability. (Wikimedia Commons/Public domain)[/caption] Ahead of the expected opening of the Confederation Line in November, the names of 40 LRT cars were unveiled at Ben Franklin Place alongside members of city council, and Mayor Jim Watson. ...

General adjustments to OC Transpo, including schedule changes, will primarily affect west end transit users starting April 23. Several routes, including major crosstown lines such as 96 and 118, will be renumbered. [caption id=“attachment_62943” align=“aligncenter” width=“300”] New route numbers come into effect April 23. ...

A pair of Blackburn Hamlet residents are fed up with what they call shoddy transit service and are circulating a petition to ask OC Transpo to make changes. Residents Jean Clark and Erica Fraser started the petition to Ottawa’s transit commission a few weeks ago. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – Rideau Street between Sussex Drive and Dalhousie Street will be closed to all vehicular traffic until the end of December. This closure takes effect on Wednesday, October 19 at 8 p.m. The closure is necessary to accommodate construction on the O-Train Confederation Line light rail transit (LRT) project. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – The unique design of the future O-Train Confederation Line’s Pimisi Station, which celebrates the culture of the Algonquin people, was unveiled today during a construction site tour attended by The Honourable Amarjeet Sohi, Minister of Infrastructure and Communities; The Honourable Yasir Naqvi, Attorney General and Member of Provincial Parliament, Ottawa Centre; and, Mayor Jim Watson, as well as other disguinished guests. ...

_ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – Today, Mayor Jim Watson, alongside Karen McCrimmon, MP for Kanata-Carleton and local Ward Councillors Allan Hubley (Kanata South), Marianne Wilkinson (Kanata North), Eli El-Chantiry (West Carleton-March), Mark Taylor (Bay) and Shad Qadri (Stittsville), announced that the City of Ottawa will begin the planning work that is needed to extend light rail transit (LRT) from Bayshore to Kanata. ...

SEE ALSO: Mayor to make important LRT announcement in Kanata . _ (press release) _ ** Ottawa ** – OC Transpo today released three reports that include important information about changes to transit service that will be made when the O-Train Confederation Line opens in 2018. ...

Mayor Jim Watson will be making a big LRT-related announcement in Kanata Wednesday: Mayor [ @JimWatsonOttawa ](https://twitter.com/JimWatsonOttawa) is making a big [ #OttLRT ](https://twitter.com/hashtag/OttLRT?src=hash) announcement tomorrow! Find out what it is LIVE at 9am [ https://t.co/F8DGUhgXji ](https://t.co/F8DGUhgXji) — City of Ottawa (@ottawacity) June 7, 2016 ...