The Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway (formerly known as the 'Ottawa River Parkway') was realigned to facilitate the construction activities required for the Confederation Line West Extension Project (light rail project).
The first realignment of the Parkway began in late-November 2019, and the final realignment was completed in late-July 2020. With the final realignment completed, construction of the future LRT has commenced.
The realignment required 5 phases of changes, here are the timestamps of each phase:
00:00 Intro
00:10 Phase 1 - Realigned westbound lanes (November 21 2019)
05:39 Phase 2 - Revised realigned westbound lanes (Between after June 11 2020 and before July 3 2020)
11:00 Phase 3 - Revised realigned westbound lanes (July 13, 2020)
17:24 Phase 4 - Final Realignment of the westbound lanes (July 30 2020)
23:20 Phase 5 - Realignment of the eastbound lanes (July 29 and 31 2020)
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