In the Village of Manotick there is a City of Ottawa designated truck route which was to have been closed when the new Vimy Bridge was opened in 2014. Heavy trucks pass through between Bankfield Road and Mitch Owens Road, numbering about 1000 per typical weekday, by routing on Manotick Main and Bridge Streets. This passes through narrow intersections and over two narrow bridges across the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There are residential neighbourhoods, public parks, two churches, a public school in a 40 km/h school zone and two seniors residences next to the route. The Watsons Mill historic site is accessed via Bridge Street and located just to the south of the truck route.

Manotick Concerned Citizens Against Truck Traffic (MCCATT), an independent advocacy group formed in 2024, is currently engaged in a petition and social media campaign to bring awareness, and work to have the City close the route to through trucks in the Village and adopt alternative routes. There are other viable options, both short and long term, for those trucks.

MCCATT has already raised from 40 local supporters significant funds to support the completion of an independent engineering study on the problem and the solutions. That study has been completed and made available to the City, as well as Federal and Provincial representatives.

MCCATT is now engaging a social media consultant for marketing of the media campaign, and is incurring other costs associated with the campaign. It is probable that ongoing expenses will be incurred through next steps after the Community Meeting scheduled for October 29th, 2025.

This effort will bring meaningful change to the community by eliminating the invasion of most of the trucks to make the roads safer for seniors, school kids and other pedestrians and cyclists. It is not supported by any community association or other group. Funds donated through the change.org petition that MCCATT initiated, which currently has over 1200 signatures, do not go to MCCATT. The two MCCATT founders are personally covering the costs of the campaign up to now. Additional financial support from concerned residents and businesses of the Village is needed to bring this advocacy campaign to a successful conclusion.