The Municipality of Clarington is closing:
- King Streets East and West Bowmanville between Ontario and Scugog Streets
and other streets in downtown Bowmanville Tuesday, September 27 evening to accommodate the Take Back the Night Bowmanville early-evening walk to support Bethesda House, a local shelter for abused women and their children.
Durham Region Transit is detouring buses operating along these routes, while the street is closed:
The event also likely affects GO Transit service along these routes, although GO has not announced detour-routing information:
Durham Region Transit
502 North Bowmanville
501 South Bowmanville
From 6 until 9 p.m. Tuesday, September 27, buses operate along their regular route to Church and Temperance Streets, then detour:
eastward along Church; and then
southward along Liberty Streets North to King Street East,
resuming their regular route eastward along King East.Buses skip their regular stops:
- on King Street East east of Division Street, at Ontario Street and Liberty Street South
GO Transit
90 Lakeshore East
(GO has not confirmed detour-routing information. This post describes how it detoured buses during other events that blocked King Street.)
90 branch
From 6 until 9 p.m. Tuesday, September 27, westbound buses operate along their regular route to King Street East and Liberty Street, then detour:
southward along Liberty Street South;
eastward along Baseline Road;
northward along Waverly Road;
east- and northward along Roenigk Drive to King West,
resuming their regular route westward along King.Westbound buses skip their regular stops:
- on King Street East west of Liberty Street North and George Street and at Temperance Street North and
- on King Street West at Scugog Street North.
Eastbound buses reverse the westbound detour routing.
Eastbound buses skip their regular stops
- on King Street East east of Temperance and Division Streets South and at Ontario Street and Liberty Street South.
90A branch
From 6 until 9 p.m. Tuesday, September 15, eastbound buses operate along their regular route to King Street West and Roenigk Drive, then detour:
south- and eastward along Roenigk;
southward along Waverly Road;
westward along Baseline Road West;
northward along Liberty Street South; and then
eastward along Prince Street to just east of Liberty South,
ending their trips.Eastbound buses skip their regular stops
- on King Street East (eastbound) east of Temperance and Division Streets South and at Ontario Street and Liberty Street South,
- on King Street East (westbound) west of Liberty Street North and George Street and at Temperance Street North,
- on King Street West (westbound) at Scugog Street North and
- on Waverly Road at Baseline Road West.
91 Newcastle / Oshawa express
(GO has not confirmed detour-routing information. This post describes how it detoured buses during other events that blocked King Street.)
From 6 until 9 p.m. Tuesday, September 15, eastbound buses operate along their regular route to King Street West and Roenigk Drive, then detour:
south- and eastward along Roenigk;
southward along Waverly Road;
westward along Baseline Road West; and then
northward along Liberty Street South to King East,
resuming their regular route eastward along King East.Eastbound buses skip their regular stops
- on King Street East east of Temperance and Division Streets South and at Ontario Street and Liberty Street South.
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