By Alex Abdelwahab, Ottawa Metro News, May 2, 2017
A new report on the planned widening of Highway 417 between Maitland Avenue and Island Park Drive recommends closing an on-ramp at Carling Avenue.
The Transportation Environmental Study — available for review at city hall, several libraries and at queenswayexpansioneast.com — notes the Highway 417 Carling Avenue interchange has two eastbound on-ramps, which it says is “atypical for a freeway interchange.
”It recommends permanently closing the on-ramp near Westgate Shopping Centre, used by westbound traffic on Carling Avenue to access the eastbound lane of the highway.
http://www.metronews.ca/news/ottawa/2017/05/02/details-of-plan-to-close-one-hwy-417-on-ramp-released.html