Construction on the 417 over the Rideau, Details

Here is the latest news: apparently there is a good chance that the cycle path under the 417 will be opened as early as the end of March 2014. click

Spans going up on the 417 bridge.

The spans are done about half way across the Rideau river at this point. Note the open water on the west side and the new dome on the University of Ottawa's new football field.

Walking across the Rideau: ON THIN ICE!

I think the risk taker who left these tracks may have been inebriated.

ASH BORER HAVOC in Riverside Park

Initially the affected elm trees were blazed with red "X's". The park was posted as "closed".

Why do the trees have to come down. They are dead, killed by the larvae of the borer which dig channels between the bark and heartwood.