08-23-2017, 11:09 AM
They've started removing the cement barriers on Ottawa street at Alpine and Homer Watson. Traffic is going to be heavily disrupted for the next two weeks. My understanding of this next phase of the project has lane closures and traffic routing changing quite a lot. The north part of the roundabouts haven't been completed yet, there's still curb and pedestrian islands and such to be built, which is the bulk of wrap-up work done during this phase.
This appears to be the start of phase 3A, which is reducing Ottawa to two lanes west of Alpine. It suggests they're 3 days or so ahead of schedule, as the original estimated date was August 25, so that's nice.
After approximately a week worth of work, they'll move the 2-lane constriction to the Homer Watson intersection itself, to do the same work in the parts they haven't been able to get to you. This should be a slightly better traffic pattern as access to the highway on-ramp will be before (when coming from the west, which is a lot of the traffic) the constriction so people won't be blocked by those turning left, etc.
The last phase (approx. 4 weeks) should be good from a traffic standpoint, as the roundabouts themselves will be open. There wil be occasional lane closures, but mostly the work is a lot of clean up work on the section of Ottawa underneath the bridge, taking out the temporary roadway, and putting everything back to right.
The important thing, that Concordia club is readily accessible by tourists in time for Oktoberfest, seems very likely.
This appears to be the start of phase 3A, which is reducing Ottawa to two lanes west of Alpine. It suggests they're 3 days or so ahead of schedule, as the original estimated date was August 25, so that's nice.
After approximately a week worth of work, they'll move the 2-lane constriction to the Homer Watson intersection itself, to do the same work in the parts they haven't been able to get to you. This should be a slightly better traffic pattern as access to the highway on-ramp will be before (when coming from the west, which is a lot of the traffic) the constriction so people won't be blocked by those turning left, etc.
The last phase (approx. 4 weeks) should be good from a traffic standpoint, as the roundabouts themselves will be open. There wil be occasional lane closures, but mostly the work is a lot of clean up work on the section of Ottawa underneath the bridge, taking out the temporary roadway, and putting everything back to right.
The important thing, that Concordia club is readily accessible by tourists in time for Oktoberfest, seems very likely.