Traffic Impacts/Road Closures (City Wide)
MAY 30th
Traffic Management has been advised of the following road/lane closures and traffic disruptions due to the thunderstorm (changes highlighted). These closures have been implemented by various police agencies, City of Ottawa and third parties such as Hydro Ottawa, Hydro One, NCC, PSPC, MTO, etc.
EAST-WEST CORRIDORS
Belmont closed between Riverdale and Bellwood (wires/trees)
Blazer closed between Promenade Ave and Prince of Wales (wires)
Graham closed between Main St and Echo (wires/ trees)
Grenfell closed between Pratt and Woodroffe (wires)
Keenan closed between Gainsborough and Wavell (wires)
Nichols Island Rd closed at Rideau River (wires/trees)
Richmond closed between Wavell and Westminster (wires)
Thomas closed between Alexander and Mackay (trees/wires)
Viewmount closed between Glenmanor and Merivale (wires)
Viewmount WB closed between Grant Carman and Merivale (wires)
NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDORS
Acacia closed between Mariposa and Roxborough (wires/trees)
Alexander closed between Sussex and Thomas (wires)
Dufferin closed between Mackay and Rideau Terrace (wires)
Greenbank open between Fallowfield and Hunt Club (wires)
Hall closed between Piperville and Russell (trees)
Leikin closed between Merivale and Beckstead (wires)
Merivale closed between Basil MacDonald and Viewmount (wires)
Merivale SB reduced to one lane between Family Brown and Basil MacDonald (wires)
Shea closed between Fernbank and Abbott (wires)
Woodroffe closed between Fallowfield and Hunt Club (wires)
HIGHWAY CORRIDORS
Ramp closed from 417 WB to Hunt Club WB (wires)
Ramp closed from Hunt Club EB to 417 WB (wires)
STATUS OF INTERPROVINCIAL CORRIDORS
Alexandra Bridge is open
Champlain Bridge is open
Chaudière Crossing NB is open while SB is closed (due to construction until June 2023)
Macdonald-Cartier Bridge is open
Portage Bridge is open
TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS (when regular traffic flow is impacted but no road/lane closures occur)
Most traffic signals have been repaired although 20 of them remain without hydro power at this time. Please note that this number will fluctuate up/down as Hydro crews turn power on/off to conduct repairs. In the meantime, City of Ottawa staff are providing temporary power with generators at approximately 11 key intersections during the day.
Traffic impacts vary from low to high depending on time of day. Police continue to direct traffic at certain locations. Duration remains unknown. Updates to follow.
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MAY 26th
Traffic Management has been advised of the following road/lane closures and traffic disruptions due to the thunderstorm (changes highlighted). Please note that some closures have been implemented by various police agencies and/or City of Ottawa while others are by third parties such as NCC, PSPC, MTO, etc.
EAST-WEST CORRIDORS
Athans open between Levadia/Councillors Way and Sixth St (wires)
Bentley closed between Merivale and Sunderland (wires)
Blazer closed between Promenade Ave and Prince of Wales (wires)
Brae closed between Norway Spruce and Stittsville Main (wires)
Capital Dr closed between Grenfell and Merivale (wires)
Chamberlain reduced to one lane between Lyon and Kent (trees)
Graham closed between Main St and Echo (trees/wires)
Grenfell closed between Pratt and Woodroffe (wires)
Hunt Club WB right-turn lane closed at Uplands (wires)
Leitrim closed between Anderson and Ramsayville (trees)
Normandy closed between Prince of Wales and Skeena (trees)
Richmond closed between Wavell and Westminster (wires/trees)
Russell closed between Leitrim and Boundary (wires)
Sarsfield closed between Colonial and Regimbald (wires)
Slack closed between Vann and Woodroffe (wires)
Slater EB reduced to one lane between Empress and Bronson (trees)
Thomas closed between Alexander and Mackay (trees)
Viewmount closed between Glenmanor and Merivale (wires)
Viewmount WB closed between Grant Carman and Merivale (wires)
NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDORS
Acacia closed between Mariposa and Roxborough (trees)
Albion closed between Bank and Bridle Path (wires)
Alexander closed between Sussex and Thomas (wires)
Blossom closed between Winther and Fanshaw(wires)
Crownhill closed between Steel and Sumac (trees)
Eighth closed between Kingsdale and Rosebella (trees)
Greenbank closed between Fallowfield and Hunt Club (wires)
Hawthorne closed between Whyte Side and Leitrim (wires)
Hawthorne SB closed between Hunt Club and Whyte Side (wires)
Ivy closed between Bertrand and Putman (trees)
Lafleur closed between Colonial and Larmours (poles/wires)
Leikin closed between Merivale and Beckstead (wires)
Lyon closed between McLeod and Catherine (trees)
Merivale closed between Basil MacDonald and Viewmount (wires)
Merivale SB closed between Fallowfield and Prince of Wales (trees/street lighting)
Merivale SB reduced to one lane between Family Brown and Basil MacDonald (wires)
Old Richmond closed between Fallowfield and Rushmore (wires)
Old Richmond closed between Khymer and Fallowfield (wires)
Shea closed between Fernbank and Abbott (wires)
Sullivan closed between Meadowlands and Donna (wires)
Terry Fox NB reduced to one lane between Castlefrank/Abbott and Winchester(wires)
Wavell closed between Keenan and Dovecourt (wires)
Woodroffe closed between Fallowfield and Hunt Club (wires)
HIGHWAY CORRIDORS
Ramp closed from 417 WB to Hunt Club WB (wires)
Ramp closed from Hunt Club EB to 417 WB (wires)
STATUS OF INTERPROVINCIAL CORRIDORS
Alexandra Bridge is open
Champlain Bridge is open
Chaudière Crossing NB is open while SB is closed (due to construction until June 2023)
Macdonald-Cartier Bridge is open
Portage Bridge is open
TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS (when regular traffic flow is impacted but no road/lane closures occur)
Most traffic signals have been repaired although approximately 75 traffic signals remain without Hydro power. In the meantime, City of Ottawa crews are providing temporary power with generators at key intersections from start of AM peak to end of PM peak weekdays.
Traffic impacts vary from low to high depending on time of day.
Traffic Management has been advised of the following road/lane closures and traffic disruptions due to the thunderstorm (changes highlighted). These closures have been implemented by various police agencies, City of Ottawa and third parties such as Hydro Ottawa, Hydro One, NCC, PSPC, MTO, etc.
EAST-WEST CORRIDORS
Belmont closed between Riverdale and Bellwood (wires/trees)
Blazer closed between Promenade Ave and Prince of Wales (wires)
Graham closed between Main St and Echo (wires/ trees)
Grenfell closed between Pratt and Woodroffe (wires)
Keenan closed between Gainsborough and Wavell (wires)
Nichols Island Rd closed at Rideau River (wires/trees)
Richmond closed between Wavell and Westminster (wires)
Thomas closed between Alexander and Mackay (trees/wires)
Viewmount closed between Glenmanor and Merivale (wires)
Viewmount WB closed between Grant Carman and Merivale (wires)
NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDORS
Acacia closed between Mariposa and Roxborough (wires/trees)
Alexander closed between Sussex and Thomas (wires)
Dufferin closed between Mackay and Rideau Terrace (wires)
Greenbank open between Fallowfield and Hunt Club (wires)
Hall closed between Piperville and Russell (trees)
Leikin closed between Merivale and Beckstead (wires)
Merivale closed between Basil MacDonald and Viewmount (wires)
Merivale SB reduced to one lane between Family Brown and Basil MacDonald (wires)
Shea closed between Fernbank and Abbott (wires)
Woodroffe closed between Fallowfield and Hunt Club (wires)
HIGHWAY CORRIDORS
Ramp closed from 417 WB to Hunt Club WB (wires)
Ramp closed from Hunt Club EB to 417 WB (wires)
STATUS OF INTERPROVINCIAL CORRIDORS
Alexandra Bridge is open
Champlain Bridge is open
Chaudière Crossing NB is open while SB is closed (due to construction until June 2023)
Macdonald-Cartier Bridge is open
Portage Bridge is open
TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS (when regular traffic flow is impacted but no road/lane closures occur)
Most traffic signals have been repaired although 20 of them remain without hydro power at this time. Please note that this number will fluctuate up/down as Hydro crews turn power on/off to conduct repairs. In the meantime, City of Ottawa staff are providing temporary power with generators at approximately 11 key intersections during the day.
Traffic impacts vary from low to high depending on time of day. Police continue to direct traffic at certain locations. Duration remains unknown. Updates to follow.
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MAY 26th
Traffic Management has been advised of the following road/lane closures and traffic disruptions due to the thunderstorm (changes highlighted). Please note that some closures have been implemented by various police agencies and/or City of Ottawa while others are by third parties such as NCC, PSPC, MTO, etc.
EAST-WEST CORRIDORS
Athans open between Levadia/Councillors Way and Sixth St (wires)
Bentley closed between Merivale and Sunderland (wires)
Blazer closed between Promenade Ave and Prince of Wales (wires)
Brae closed between Norway Spruce and Stittsville Main (wires)
Capital Dr closed between Grenfell and Merivale (wires)
Chamberlain reduced to one lane between Lyon and Kent (trees)
Graham closed between Main St and Echo (trees/wires)
Grenfell closed between Pratt and Woodroffe (wires)
Hunt Club WB right-turn lane closed at Uplands (wires)
Leitrim closed between Anderson and Ramsayville (trees)
Normandy closed between Prince of Wales and Skeena (trees)
Richmond closed between Wavell and Westminster (wires/trees)
Russell closed between Leitrim and Boundary (wires)
Sarsfield closed between Colonial and Regimbald (wires)
Slack closed between Vann and Woodroffe (wires)
Slater EB reduced to one lane between Empress and Bronson (trees)
Thomas closed between Alexander and Mackay (trees)
Viewmount closed between Glenmanor and Merivale (wires)
Viewmount WB closed between Grant Carman and Merivale (wires)
NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDORS
Acacia closed between Mariposa and Roxborough (trees)
Albion closed between Bank and Bridle Path (wires)
Alexander closed between Sussex and Thomas (wires)
Blossom closed between Winther and Fanshaw(wires)
Crownhill closed between Steel and Sumac (trees)
Eighth closed between Kingsdale and Rosebella (trees)
Greenbank closed between Fallowfield and Hunt Club (wires)
Hawthorne closed between Whyte Side and Leitrim (wires)
Hawthorne SB closed between Hunt Club and Whyte Side (wires)
Ivy closed between Bertrand and Putman (trees)
Lafleur closed between Colonial and Larmours (poles/wires)
Leikin closed between Merivale and Beckstead (wires)
Lyon closed between McLeod and Catherine (trees)
Merivale closed between Basil MacDonald and Viewmount (wires)
Merivale SB closed between Fallowfield and Prince of Wales (trees/street lighting)
Merivale SB reduced to one lane between Family Brown and Basil MacDonald (wires)
Old Richmond closed between Fallowfield and Rushmore (wires)
Old Richmond closed between Khymer and Fallowfield (wires)
Shea closed between Fernbank and Abbott (wires)
Sullivan closed between Meadowlands and Donna (wires)
Terry Fox NB reduced to one lane between Castlefrank/Abbott and Winchester(wires)
Wavell closed between Keenan and Dovecourt (wires)
Woodroffe closed between Fallowfield and Hunt Club (wires)
HIGHWAY CORRIDORS
Ramp closed from 417 WB to Hunt Club WB (wires)
Ramp closed from Hunt Club EB to 417 WB (wires)
STATUS OF INTERPROVINCIAL CORRIDORS
Alexandra Bridge is open
Champlain Bridge is open
Chaudière Crossing NB is open while SB is closed (due to construction until June 2023)
Macdonald-Cartier Bridge is open
Portage Bridge is open
TRAFFIC DISRUPTIONS (when regular traffic flow is impacted but no road/lane closures occur)
Most traffic signals have been repaired although approximately 75 traffic signals remain without Hydro power. In the meantime, City of Ottawa crews are providing temporary power with generators at key intersections from start of AM peak to end of PM peak weekdays.
Traffic impacts vary from low to high depending on time of day.