City of Ottawa adjusts traffic signal timing, installs detours to address major traffic incidents
The City of Ottawa says it deploys traffic management strategies, including adjusting traffic signal timing to accommodate vehicle movement when collisions and other traffic incidents force road closures.
Motorists reported longer commute times across Ottawa on Thursday when Ontario Provincial Police closed a section of the eastbound lanes of Highway 417 to investigate a collision.
One photo sent to Newstalk 580 CFRA's Ottawa Now with Kristy Cameron showed vehicles driving on a multi-use pathway at the Central Experimental Farm.
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A caller told Newstalk 580 CFRA they saw a vehicle driving on the multi-use pathway at the Central Experimental Farm on Friday. (CFRA listener/submitted)
The city's manager of Traffic Operations says it is committed to ensuring 'public safety and minimizing impacts for all road users' during road closures and collisions.
'The City of Ottawa's Traffic Services Team works closely with our partners on both sides of the provincial border including the Ottawa Police Service, OC Transpo, Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO), Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the City of Gatineau, Quebec Ministry of Transportation (MTQ) and the Société de transport de l'Outaouais (STO) to manage the City's transportation network in real time, and coordinate the response to major traffic incidents,' Stu Edison, manager of Traffic Operations, said in an email to Newstalk 580 CFRA's Emma Kelly.
'This includes monitoring traffic conditions, deploying traffic management strategies such as traffic signal timing changes, installing detour routes, and communicating road impacts to the public.'
The eastbound lanes of Hwy. 417 between Metcalfe and Nicholas were closed for two hours due to the collision on Thursday.
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