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Hope Side Road will be closed between Eagleson Road and Richmond Road beginning Friday, July 17 at 7 p.m. and ending Monday, July 27 at 6 a.m. The closure is necessary to allow for the reconstruction of the Monahan Drain Stormwater Facility. ...

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. ...

On Wednesday, July 8, from 9 am to 3 pm, motorists can expect delays on the Champlain Bridge, as the centre lane for high occupancy vehicles (HOV) will be partially closed as follows: * Southbound lane partially closed, 9 am to noon * Northbound lane partially closed, noon to 3 pm This closure is required to complete maintenance work. ...

Nightly ramp closures at Highway 417 and Pinecrest Road begin Sunday, July 5. Both eastbound on-ramps will close at 9 p.m. and open the following morning by 5 a.m.  The on-ramp for motorists approaching northbound from Greenbank Road will be closed ** nightly for four weeks ** . ...

Beginning on Monday, July 6, Fallowfield Road from Larkin Drive to Cedarview Road will be reduced to one lane in each direction to allow the installation of a higher capacity watermain. The work is planned to continue until September.  Larkin Road will be closed at its Fallowfield intersection during off-peak hours on weekdays for the entire construction period. ...

Beginning on Monday, July 6, Broadview Avenue will be closed northbound traffic from Carling Avenue to Kerr Avenue to allow construction work to replace the sewer and watermain. The work is planned to continue until August 31.  Traffic impact is expected to be low, but motorists should exercise caution in the area. ...

On Tuesday, July 7, from 9 am to 3 pm, motorists using the Queen Elizabeth Driveway will experience a partial closure of the northbound lane between Somerset Street and Gilmour Street. This closure is required to permit maintenance work. The southbound lane will remain open to traffic in both directions and flaggers will be present to direct traffic. ...

The two-lane bridge on Bank Street (Regional Road 31) that spans the Greys Creek Municipal Drain, in the Osgoode area just south of the intersection with Snake Island Road/Victoria Street, will be reduced intermittently to one lane from July 2 to approximately August 8 to allow major rehabilitation. ...

East-west OC Transpo and Para Transpo vehicles will run on Scott Street from 2016 to 2018 while the O-Train Confederation Line project converts the West Transitway to light rail.  As a result, starting July 2, construction work will begin on the north side of Scott Street from Bayview Road to Smirle Avenue to widen the street for bus lanes. ...

A 700-metre portion of St. Joseph Boulevard, between Taylor Creek Drive and the Ottawa Road 174 eastbound on-ramp, will be closed to all traffic beginning Thursday, July 2 at 9 a.m. until mid-September. The on-ramp itself remains open for motorists approaching from the west end of St. ...