Ottawa Highway Bypass Corridor/Ring Road

[roger1818]

Originally Posted by swimmer_spe

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1UK_J7umHSwHHOxdKbP2CNjdQ43udDyI&usp=sharing

I updated a rough route. It is less than 20km from the existing 417, about 50km from the 401. It avoids the Mer Bleue and the Green Belt.

It doesn't solve the problem that hardly anyone would use it. You don't build a 4 lane divided highway for a few hundred cars and maybe a dozen trucks per day. If you are making it 2 lanes, there are existing 2 lane roads that can work as a bypass (Mitch Owens Rd is often used), so there is no need to build something new.

Originally Posted by sgera

not a new idea - has been proposed and on the books with the MTO since 2001 and had a formal study done around it...kicked back up in 2010 under Larry O'brien's tenure..google 'Ottawa ring road' and you'll find the history.

Agreed. We have 15 pages of discussion in this thread on this.