{"id":15174750,"date":"2026-06-23T15:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/should-ottawa-build-a-ring-road-the-province-says-its-worth-exploring\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:09:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:09:56","slug":"should-ottawa-build-a-ring-road-the-province-says-its-worth-exploring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/should-ottawa-build-a-ring-road-the-province-says-its-worth-exploring\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Ottawa build a ring road? The province says it&#039;s worth exploring."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Gerry Dust wants to get from his home in Orl\u00e9ans to his cottage west of Ottawa, the journey often begins with a gamble. <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/ring-road-ottawa?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=truncated_content&amp;utm_content=news&amp;utm_term=michael_mcbean\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawacitizen.com\/news\/ring-road-ottawa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Canada \u2013 Ottawa \u2013 Ottawa Citizen \u2013 rss.app<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said there is \u201ca good case\u201d for the ring road concept and that the province would look at its 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