Are you guys sure that a southern bypass that far south would really be advantageous for getting truck traffic off the 417 through central Ottawa?
My sense is that most of the through truck traffic in Ottawa is 417 only. It's not generally coming from the 416 because 416 truck traffic is either bound for Ottawa only, or is bound for Montreal but with stops in Ottawa somewhere.
Most of the truck traffic that travels through Ottawa on the 417 without stopping in the city is between Quebec/Atlantic Canada and northern Ontario and Western Canada.
And so a circuitous route via the south (as shown on the maps here) wouldn't be much of an alternative for this kind of traffic.
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