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There will be some traffic disruptions this Saturday for an emergency training exercise along Highway 174 this weekend.
It’s related to the Stage 2 east extension of LRT.
First responders will be taking part in an exercise in the westbound lanes of Highway 174 between Montreal and Blair roads from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
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“The emergency exercise will result in an increased presence of emergency vehicles and buses staged along the highway and the future LRT line at Blair Station. This will result in the reduction of one westbound lane along Highway 174,” the City of Ottawa says.
Troy Charter, director of transit service delivery and rail operations, says this training scenario will involve the overpass in that area.
We’ll have a train stopping on the overpass and we want to assess and …
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