City police say \u0022certain drivers have decided to ignore\u0022 signs saying part of Wellington Street is closed to unauthorized traffic but one motorist won\u0027t be able to ignore officers turning up at her door.
The Ottawa Police Service said its investigators and traffic unit “worked hard” to identify a flag-bedecked white car and its driver spotted breaching the closed portion of the street in July.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
The driver was charged with not having a valid driver’s licence, driving on a closed highway, causing noise that disturbs inhabitants of the city and disobeying official signs, police said.Earlier Friday, police said a suspected impaired driver had turned onto a barricaded stretch of Wellington Street in front of Parliament Hill overnight, struck a concrete barrier and then tried to flee.
It was the second incident of a driver breaching the closed portion of Wellington Street reported by police this week. Police said the driver of a vehicle that entered at O’Connor Street on Tuesday afternoon had court-ordered conditions to stay out of the area “in relation to February’s illegal protest.”
Wellington Street has been closed to most traffic between Bank and Elgin streets since police cleared the “Freedom Convoy” in February.