King Edward Avenue’s Truck Trap | Ottawa News

King Edward Avenue in Ottawa was once a quiet residential street—until 1965, when a freeway dumped truck traffic onto it, turning homes into a noisy, polluted highway. A scrapped sunken freeway plan left the burden on this neighborhood for decades, with residents enduring safety hazards, pollution, and tragic accidents. Now, with a new bridge slated for 2034, hope emerges—but until then, no real relief, as city efforts remain half-measures. It’s time to fix where the trucks go—not just what they carry.

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