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CTV News
29-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Heron Road to be closed at Bank Street this summer: Here's what you need to know
The Bank Street renewal project is one of several construction projects underway in Ottawa this summer. (Dave Charbonneau/CTV News Ottawa) A busy road will be closed to traffic in Ottawa's Alta Vista neighbourhood for three months this summer, forcing motorists to detour around the area. Starting Sunday at 8 a.m., Heron Road will be closed east of the Bank Street intersection to Alta Vista Drive. The closure is expected to continue until Aug. 31 as part of the Bank Street Renewal Project. The City of Ottawa says the detour will direct motorists to use Walkley Road and Heron Road, east of Alta Vista as the alternate route. 'To expedite the underground infrastructure replacements at the intersection of Bank Street and Heron Road, Heron Road will close between Bank Street and Alta Vista Drive beginning on June 1, 2025, until late summer,' the city says. Bank Street will also be reduced to one lane in each direction from Riverside Drive to Collins Avenue. Ottawa construction The City of Ottawa shows the proposed detour around the Heron Road construction project this summer. (City of Ottawa/release) The city says businesses along Bank Street will remain open during the construction. The construction work this summer includes the installation of new storm and sanitary sewers along Bank Street. The first phase of the construction on Bank Street, from Riverside Drive to Collins Avenue, is expected to wrap up in 2027. OC Transpo OC Transpo routes 41, 92, 689 and 698 will be impacted by the closure., with routes detoured into Alta Vista Drive. Information on route changes and alternate stops are available at
CTV News
08-05-2025
- Automotive
- CTV News
Motorists warned to expect construction on Hwy. 417 through Ottawa this summer
Motorists are being warned to expect delays on Highway 417 through the centre of Ottawa this summer, as construction work is completed on the highway median. Kiewit Dufferin Midtown Partnership says work will be conducted this summer to reconstruct the Queensway's median and 'undertake operational improvements' on the highway from the O-Train bridges to Kent Street. Lane closures, median closures and traffic control staging will be in place in the eastbound and westbound lanes between May 20 and Oct. 30. 'To facilitate the access to Highway 417 median construction including but not limited to removals of existing infrastructure, installation of new drainage, overhead signs, electrical infrastructure, and median barrier wall,' the company said in a statement. The traffic changes include lanes shifted to the outside to allow for median construction, 'periodic daytime (off peak) and nighttime lane closures,' and the closure of the eastbound right lane at Kirkwood Avenue. Other construction work underway on Highway 417 includes improvements to the noise barrier and retaining wall replacements from Island Park Drive to Kent Street. The westbound on-ramp at Parkdale Avenue and the westbound off-ramp at Island Park Drive along Highway 417 are also closed until October for construction related to concrete curb, retaining wall, drainage, noise barrier and landscaping work.
