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Highway 174 open all the way for traffic again
has had a partial closure for eastbound traf- fic since a giant sinkhole opened up in the section near the Jeanne d’Arc off-ramp ear- lier this month. “We thank residents for their continued patience and understanding as we deal with this issue,” the mayor said. “I want to also thank city staff for their hard work in helping residents navigate a much more challenging commute than usual.” Both of the eastbound lanes have now roads and needs study report. The money would come out of the 2011 surplus. A second part of the resolution concerned another 2012 budget revision to allocate $115,727 to pay the expenses of engineer- ing consultant firm, CH2MHill Canada Ltd., for costs related to Phase 2 of the munici- pal-rural waterworks project. A long discussion followed about the CH2MHill fee and the waterworks project. It The Nation | Slow driving beats speeding when drunk but it is still no defence when the police write the ticket. Two OPP officers were on patrol in The Nation Sept. 6 when they saw a white 2005 Hyundai Sonata driving on Couture Road near Concession 7. The odd thing was the Slow driver tagged
reopened as of Monday with also a single lane available for traffice using the Jeanne d’Arc off-ramp. Construction crews are working on repav- ing the road section now after installation of 30 pieces of a new underground storm sewer drain below the highway OC Transpo had scheduled two new double-decker buses for express routes to and from the east end during the partial closure of the highway. Within the Cumber- finished with a decision to split the original resolution into two separate parts. The first part saw approval for the pay- ment to Qualitas. The second part had $40,000 allocated in the 2012 budget revi- sion to pay expenses for CH2MHill Canada Ltd. There was also an order for the physi- cal services department to separate all the project costs and then bring back a new res- olution for council to review and consider. “unusually slow rate of speed” of the car. They followed the Sonata and stopped it on Gates Road. The 56-year-old Vankleek Hill man behind the wheel was charged with impaired driving and driving with a blood-alcohol content exceeding 80 milli- grams.
land ward region traffic capacity was also increased on Route 95 and there 360 new parking spaces opened up at the Trim Road park-and-ride station. Public transit scheduling, including out- of-town connections is now almost back to normal. Meanwhile Mayor Watson has asked the city manager for an immediate inspection of all municipal storm sewers and drains located along critical municipal roads that are similar to the one that col- lapsed beneath the highway and is blamed for the sinkhole situation. Regarding the sinkhole itself, the mayor wants an independent investigator’s report within 90 days confirming the actual cause of the sinkhole, whether or not it is a result of the underground storm culvert collaps- ing. The report must also determine what, if anything, city officials and staff could have done that might have prevented the situa- tion. Mayor Watson noted the report will also help city staff determine if current inspec- tion procedures for municipal infrastruc- ture are adequate or need changing. All these reports are in addition to the planned overview of the municipal as- set management strategy planned for the Sept. 19 meeting of council’s finance and economic development committee. Advice and information on commuter route planning while sinkhole repair work continues remains available at www.otta- wa.ca, at www.octranspo.com, or through the city’s Twitter page (@ottawacity).
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Orléans | Eastbound commuter traffic on Highway 174 through Orléans is back to almost-normal. Mayor JimWatson outlined progress with fixing the highway during the September session of Ottawa city council. Highway 174
Council wants a water project cost breakdown
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Rockland | It started out as a simple reso- lution to pay a consultant’s bill on the ru- ral waterworks project. After about half an hour or so of discussion it became a re- duced payment with a request for a proj- ect cost breakdown. Clarence-Rockland council members voted to make some changes in one of the resolutions presented to them from the physical services department for approval during the Sept. 10 regular session. The original resolution called for revising the original 2012 budget to allow for pay- ment of $130,000 to the consultant firm, Qualitas, for expenses related to the recent
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