Tag: roads
Snow squalls leave roads snowy and slippery
Blustery weather is making for a slower drive around Midwestern Ontario.
Feel unsafe on the roads? You’re not alone
A new study commissioned by CAA South Central Ontario suggests fewer drivers feel safe on the road, and almost all have witnessed unsafe driving behaviour.
BRT construction causes more downtown, Old East slowdowns
Starting Monday, Ridout Street between Queens Avenue and King Street will be closed, as will King Street between Clarence and Wellington streets.
Winter wasn’t kind to Owen Sound’s roads
This past winter was “hellish” on city roads. The repeated freeze-thaw cycle and penetration of water within the asphalt layer through road defects and beneath it has taken its toll, city engineering services manager Chris Webb said. It’s been about 10 years since the last bad winter with so many freezing and thawing events like […]
OPP reveal who is least likely to buckle up
Police said between 2012 and 2021, 542 people died because they didn’t wear a seatbelt.