Martin: Help Elgin Street with looser parking rules nearby

When the Elgin Street closure officially commenced a week ago, I should have known that there was more to this massive repair job than meets the eye. As I drove down Cartier Street parallel to Elgin, I spied a green hornet making his rounds, recording parked cars in anticipation of ticketing them an hour later.
Yes, the Elgin renovation was going to be a year-long mess but the City of Ottawa claimed it was doing everything it could to make things bearable for motorists and patrons of the many bu