By Allen Brown
If you have walked down Lady Grey Drive recently, you may have noticed that its beautiful limestone cliffs have been covered up with plastic netting. For the uninitiated, Lady Grey Drive is one of Lowertown’s best kept secrets – a nearly hidden road hugging the Ottawa River from the Macdonald Cartier bridge to the National Gallery.
But, not to worry! The netting was installed last summer to protect workers installing new steam pipes to the Pearson Building. The National Capital Commission says the netting will remain in place until at least 2026 while work to rehabilitate the drive’s 113-year-old retaining wall is underway. When completed, the cliffs will be restored to their original glory.
