About 100 Manotick residents took to two intersections to protest what they say is the health and safety threat of 800 heavy trucks per day.
They donned safety vests, and some leaned on walkers, to wave placards with “get the heavy trucks off Bridge Street,” their rallying cry.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. Postmedia Network Inc.
The road is used as a shortcut between Highway 417 and Highway 416. Traffic will get worse with more large-scale warehouses coming to the city, Doyle said. “It will add 1,000 trucks per day to this route,” he said. “We did an analysis of the city’s collision data for the last eight years, from 2003 to 2020. There’s one serious accident every 19 days on this one kilometre. Every 19 days there’s a serious accident — cyclists, pedestrians, motor cars.Article contentThe event, called Come Walk With Us, started at the Manotick Place Retirement Community.
Organizers said the village is affected by the number, noise and size of the trucks, which can’t safely navigate streets and intersections that were not designed for their length, tonnage or turning radius. They said that 1,000 residents signed a petition in June asking the city to get the traffic moved to the Strandherd Bridge and Roger Stevens Drive.
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