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SAVED BY THE BELL 90s DANCE PARTY at St. Peter High School on Charlemagne Blvd. featuring DJ Mace, DJ Kam and DJ Bounce from 7 p.m. to midnight. Must be 19+. ID required at the door. This is a fundraising event hosted by the St. Peter High School Parents Council. For advance tickets visit eventbrite.ca.

CUMBERLAND FARMERS MARKET from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the R.J. Kennedy Arena in Cumberland Village with 85 local farmers and vendors ready to showcase their freshest produce, handmade goods, and unique finds.

SDBC TAPROOM CONCERT SERIES presents the band Sunny Spot live and in concert at the Stray Dog Brewing Company, 501 Lacolle Way in the Taylor Creek Business Parks. Advance tickets $15 available at straydogbrewing.ca.

E-WASTE DROP OFF at St. Matthew High School, 6550 Bilberry Dr. from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Members of the public can drop off anything with a plug or battery.

90s HITS MUSICAL BINGO 7:30 p.m. at the Orléans Brewing Co. 4380 Innes Rd., next to McDonalds. Hosted by Shine.

TRIVIA NIGHT from 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday night at the Royal Oak Pub Orléans. Free to play. Prizes for the winning team! The Royal Oak Pub is located at 1981 St. Joseph Blvd. near Jeanne d'Arc. For more info visit facebook.com/ RoyalOakPubsOrleans.

OYSTER NIGHT every Wednesday from 6-9 pm at the Orléans Brewing Co. Two types of oysters served with lemon, Tobasco, horseradish, salt and mignonette. The Orléans Brewing Co. is located at 4380 Innes Rd., next to McDonalds.

ORLEANS FARMERS MARKET every Thursday from 11 am to 4 pm in the parking lot at the Ray Friel Recreation Centre on Tenth Line Road. Shop the freshest seasonal produce, meat and dairy, baked goods, prepared foods, crafts and more while getting to know the folks who grew and made it.

 

 

 

 

Briefing sheds light on eventual LRT completion
By Fred Sherwin
May 29, 2025

The east end LRT extension should be open by next fall, according to Michael Brossoit, the stakeholder relations manager for the Rail Construction Program. Exactly when it will open this fall is anybody’s guess. The exact date will be depend on how long it will take to complete testing and get the necessary safety approvals.

In the meantime, work will continue on the five LRT stations at Montreal Road, Jeanne d’Arc Blvd., Orléans Blvd., Place d’Orléans and Trim Road.

Other work will continue on the approaches to the stations on Montréal Road, Jeanne d’Arc Blvd. and Orléans Blvd. including new pavement and line painting. Highway 174 will also be resurfaced between Blair and Trim and the lanes returned to their original alignment in both directions.

Lastly, work will be completed on the expanded Trim Road park and ride lot. Work on the Park & Ride lot across from Place d’Orléans was only recently finished, but the improvements to the intersection at the westbound off ramp and Champlain Road is still a work in progress as is the resurfacing on the Champlain Road overpass.

For commuters in Orléans who have had to live through three years of lane closures and at least three extensions of the projected opening date, news that the project is approaching the finish line is music to their ears.

The completion also couldn’t come soon enough to a transit service that has yet to rebound from pre-COVID pandemic ridership figures and the east end’s four city councillors who get asked about it on a near-daily basis.

Before the final testing can begin on the east end extension, the city and the East-West Connectors consortium must agree that the construction phase of the project is “substantially completed”. That hurdle is expected to be cleared in a few weeks.
The final testing will be conducted in July and run into August. Once the testing is completed, the work has to be given the necessary safety approvals.

If all goes well, the consortium will officially turn the east end extension over to the city and Orléans residents will be able to ride the O-Train from Trim Road to Tunney’s Pasture.

When the east extension finally is operational, it will be integrated with OC Transpo’s New Ways to Bus program which will see more than 100 routes improved, replaced, or added across the city.

According to OC Transpo’s website, the new system will be more consistent and better connected to key destinations including the LRT stations along Lines 1, 2 and 4.

To get regular updates on the LRT extension, including lane closures, visit octranspo.com/en/o-train-extension/.

 
 
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