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City of Ottawa and partners launch Stage 2 LRT funding request

Mayor Jim Watson, Council members, and representatives from Ottawa’s business, tourism and academic communities have united together to officially launch the City’s LRT Stage 2 funding request to the federal and provincial governments. ** ** The Stage 2 project will further reduce commute times by adding 19 new stations and 30 kilometres of rail to Ottawa’s O-Train system between 2018 and 2023. ...

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OC Transpo makes major service adjustments June 28

[caption id=“attachment_15418” align=“aligncenter” width=“1038”] “A window on transit in Ottawa” by Jamie McCaffrey. Used under creative commons license .)[/caption]  On Sunday, June 28, new OC Transpo summer schedules begin, along with route improvements and adjustments to routes travelling along a section of the Transitway, which will close between Blair and Hurdman Stations for construction of the O-Train Confederation Line. ...

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City releases Stage 2 LRT Environmental Assessment and Functional Design Report

The City of Ottawa released the Stage 2 Light Rail Transit (LRT) Environmental Assessment and Functional Design Report today, as part of the agenda for the June 29 meeting of the Finance and Economic Development Committee. The report details the functional design of the east, west and south LRT extensions, and confirms that Stage 2 remains within the City of Ottawa’s affordability model. ...