Some busy roadways in Ottawa are set to close to vehicle traffic in the coming days to help residents keep their distance from each other amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Capital Ward Coun. Shawn Menard tweeted Tuesday evening that the city will close the two outer curb lanes on the Bank Street Bridge over the canal.
Regular traffic and transit will flow through the inner lanes, while the closed-off sections will be reserved for pedestrians, cyclists and other forms of active transportation.
Menard said he expected the closures to start within the next week. In an effort to show how difficult it is for pedestrians to maintain the recommended buffer zone of two metres when passing each other in the street, the roughly two-metre-tall