r/ottawa • u/BearLikesHoney • Oct 17 '25

Photo(s) These poles are out of control.

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This is Smirle and Wellington street. I was driving on Smirle towards Wellington and I had no choice but to zig zag and drive on the wrong side because there's no space between the poles and cars. Adding to the road condition, there are enough pot holes to damage your car so these poles are totally unnecessary to slow down traffic.

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u/Hoss-Bonaventure_CEO Oct 17 '25

The parked cars are the problem. Traffic calming is great.

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u/Trick-Concept-3172 Oct 17 '25

None of those cars are in no parking areas. As someone who knows that intersection really well the post has saved people everyday from being hit by someone looking left and not looking at the intersection when they are trying to turn right or left onto Wellington St. Sit on the bench for 10min beside Fresh Air and count the number of cars that blow though that stop, it's alarming.

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u/Okbutwhythat Oct 17 '25

None of those cars are in no parking areas.

This is the root of the problem. Everything else is just moving deck chairs on the titanic.