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Starting in early July, Bank Street, from south of Shuttleworth Drive to south of Miikana/Blais Road, will be closed to traffic until December. The closure is required to facilitate work on the Bank Street widening and reconstruction project, a multi-year project that...

The City of Ottawa is in the process of reviewing the Community Garden Action Plan and other community-led green initiatives in order to improve related services, programs, and resources for Ottawans. Hoffmann Hayes consultant team is working with the City of...

The City has launched consultation for the Transportation Master Plan – Part 2. You can now see the  results of the 2022 Origin-Destination household travel survey, and have your say on the future of transportation in Ottawa by completing two surveys on...

Recreation, Cultural and Facility Services (RCFS) is updating the Parks and Facilities By-Law to better serve our community. RCFS is reviewing possibilities such as safety measures, uses, accessibility of public information, and amenities. For more information about...

Customers will start seeing changes to on-street signage soon in the lead up to the launch of our new bus route network, with changes coming to more than 5,000 bus stops and 246 new stops being added. All new flags will be printed, bagged and installed on-street with...

When the temperature and humidity are high, our bodies can overheat, especially in the first few days of hot weather while our bodies adjust.   Hot and humid air can also bring deteriorating air quality and can result in the Air Quality Health Index approaching the...

On Monday, September 30, the City of Ottawa will introduce a limit of three items of garbage to be picked up at the curb on collection day.  A garbage item could be a garbage bag, a garbage container up to 140 litres or a bulky item such as an unusable or broken piece...