Ottawa - Protest planned at Rideau and King Edward Tuesday Afternoon

“After years of broken promises from the city of Ottawa, residents have had enough,” says a statement from the King Edward Task Force, made up of residents of Lowertown and Sandy Hill. “The truck route problem is not being solved. A bridge has not been built and the protest is a response to the city’s latest failure to fix King Edward Avenue after a lane reductions study indicated that the street could be reconfigured to four lanes without significant impact on traffic flows ... Instead of following the recommendations of an independent consulting company hired by the city, and strong support from residents and local community associations, councillors on the Transportation Committee decided to ignore the study’s findings.”