(RENFREW, ON) – The Minister of Transportation has released a new interim order in regards to navigation restrictions related to flooding. This now includes the Renfrew and Upper Ottawa Valley OPP Detachment areas of the Ottawa River.
Travel on the Ottawa River in the identified areas is strictly prohibited.
Any violations of these provisions are subject to fines.
Individuals who can only access their property by boat are exempted from the Interim Order and other restrictions for the purpose of going to and from their property. If citizens must use a waterway to access a property, they are urged to navigate at as slow a speed as possible.
This new Interim Order builds on the one issued on April 30 and now applies to the following waterways:
• The Ottawa River between the Otto Holden Dam (near Mattawa, Ontario) and the Deux Montagnes Lake (near Hudson, Quebec);
• The Mattawa River, between Hurdman Dam and confluence of Mattawa River and Ottawa River;
• Deux Montagnes Lake in the Province of Québec;
• The Mille Îles River in the Province of Québec; and
• The Des Prairies River in the Province of Québec.
The speed restriction of 9 knots for upriver traffic and 11 knots for downriver traffic remains in place between Ile des Barques and Batiscan, Quebec.
