Upcoming events and projects will have the following impacts on Ottawa traffic:
Winterlude: the following roads will be closed during the Winterlude festival:
York Street West between ByWard Market Square and Sussex Drive
Friday, February 8 and 15 between 6 and 10:30 pm
Saturday, February 9 and 16 between 10 am and 8 pm
Sunday, February 10 and 17 between 10 am and 6 pm
Monday, February 18 between 10 am and 6 pm
York Street between William Street and Dalhousie Street
Friday, February 15 between 6 and 11 pm
Saturday, February 16 between 9:30 am and 11 pm
O’Connor Street between Wellington Street and Queen Street
Friday, February 8 between 10 and 11 pm
Saturday, February 9 between 10 and 11 pm
Vimy Place between Booth Street and Wellington Street
Sunday, February 17 between 7:45 and 8:45 am
Westbound lanes of the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway
Sunday, February 17 between 6 am and 2:30 pm
Queen Elizabeth Driveway between Preston Street and Somerset Street
Saturday, February 9 and 16 between 9:30 am and 8:30 pm
Sunday, February 10 and 17 between 9:30 am and 6 pm
Monday, February 18 between 9:30 am and 3:30 pm
Queen Elizabeth Driveway will remain open at the following locations to accommodate local traffic during the Winterlude festival:
- Queen Elizabeth Driveway between
McLeod Street and Catherine Street
- Queen Elizabeth Driveway between Pretoria Bridge and McLeod Street
Additional traffic congestion and parking restrictions will be in effect in the ByWard Market during the Winterlude festival. Parking restrictions during Winterlude weekends are as follows:
- North
and south of the York Street median between Sussex Drive and ByWard Market
Square (Thursday, January 31 to Tuesday, February 19)
- York Street, south side, between William Street and Dalhousie Street
- York Street, north side, west of Dalhousie Street
- ByWard Market Square, west side, south of York Street
The OLG Sno-Bus will be operating along Queen Elizabeth Driveway during the closure. Residents using the road for recreational purposes should use the multi-use pathways instead.
- ByWard Market Annual Stew Cook-off: From Friday, February 8 at 6 am to Saturday, February 9 at 6 am, York Street will be closed in the westbound direction between Dalhousie Street and William Street for the ByWard Market Annual Stew Cook-off.
- Pride
Winter March: On
Saturday, February 9, the following streets will be closed between 12:30 and
1:15 pm during the Pride Winter March:
- Wellington Street between Bank Street and MacKenzie Avenue
- Elgin Street between Wellington Street and Sparks Street
- Sparks Street between Elgin Street and Bank Street
