Downtown bus shelters completed ahead of schedule
Lasia Kretzel, Centretown News
Transit users take shelter from the rain in one of the city's new bus stop shelters near the corner of Bank and Slater streets.Archive 1997-2016
Thousands of OC Transpo passengers in downtown Ottawa will wait for their rides in more spacious, puddle-proof shelters after a major rebuilding of bus stations along the Albert and Slater street stretches of the Transitway.Lasia Kretzel, Centretown NewsTransit users take shelter from the rain in one of the city's new bus stop shelters near the corner of Bank and Slater streets.
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