transit

_ (press release) _ Nicholas Street from Laurier Avenue to Highway 417 will be fully closed southbound and reduced to one lane northbound overnight from 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 to 4 a.m. Thursday, April 21. A signed detour will be in effect. ...

_ (press release) _ The pedestrian and cycling tunnel that passes under Colonel By Drive at Campus station will be closed from Monday, May 2 until Monday, August 22, to permit the safe demolition and reconstruction of the transit station at uOttawa. ...

_ (press release) _ Campus Station will close Sunday, April 24 to make way for construction of the O-Train Confederation Line coming in 2018. At the same time, OC Transpo will make spring schedule and routing adjustments. The Rack & Roll program also returns with bike racks reinstalled on more than 450 buses. ...

_ (press release) _ With the approval of new vehicle-for-hire regulations by City Council today, Ottawa has become one of the first Canadian jurisdictions to adopt regulations for Private Transportation Companies. ‎The City has also adopted a lighter regulatory framework for the traditional taxi industry in order to allow it to compete and innovate with new service offerings. ...

_ (press release) _ Motorists are advised that the northbound on-ramp to the Airport Parkway at Hunt Club Road will be closed from Friday, April 8 at 8 p.m. until Monday, April 11 at 6 a.m. for construction work related to a watermain located beneath the on-ramp. ...

_ (press release) _ The City of Ottawa will resume work on Tuesday, March 29 to rehabilitate the Minto Bridges East and Centre, along Union Street over the Rideau River in New Edinburgh.  The renewal of the Minto Bridges East and Centre started in July 2015. ...

_ (press release) _ Beginning Monday, March 28 at 7 a.m, and continuing until Saturday, April 2 at 10 p.m., Queen Street between Bank and O’Connor streets will be closed to general traffic as crews work to relocate city watermains and storm and sanitary sewers in front of 155 Queen Street (Heritage Place). ...

_ (National Capital Commission) _ The Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway will be closed in both directions, from Buena Vista to Lisgar roads, starting Tuesday, March 22 to Thursday, March 24, 2016, between 9 am and 3 pm. Traffic will be rerouted to Lisgar Road. ...

_ (City of Ottawa) _ The City of Ottawa will begin work on Tuesday, March 22 to rehabilitate a section of sewer pipe on Lyon Street between Laurier Avenue and Cooper Street. All work will be done between 6 p.m. and 6 a. ...

_ (via City of Ottawa) _ The 290-space ByWard Parking Garage, located at 70 Clarence Street (at Parent Street) in the ByWard Market, will get a top-to-bottom refresh this spring. This planned maintenance is the first comprehensive work to be done on the garage since 1994. ...