Turning downtown one-way streets into two-ways a tougher challenge than city expected

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Turning downtown’s Metcalfe and O’Connor streets into two-way roads to slow traffic and make them safer has long been a dream for Ottawa urbanists. But, however much appeal the idea may have, doing it in real life turns out to be really hard. “This has been talked about for years and years,” says Somerset Coun. Diane Holmes. “Through multiple visions for Centretown, by multiple consultants and lots of different people. I think it’s still quite some way off.”

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