Bayview Ave. and side streets in monumental seizure Friday

The traffic congestion aptly described as the five-year-once-in-a-lifetime-nightmare that is the LRT construction seemed to out-do itself Friday afternoon. For reasons generally known but specifically unclear, there was almost no movement north on Bayview Ave from Millwood Rd. heading toward 4 p.m. One motorist timed his trip from Millwood to Parkhurst at 25 minutes. Side roads on both the west and east sides of Bayview were backed up and in many cases locked at the corners by drivers determined to hold their position in the line. Banff, Roehampton, Broadway, Bessborough, Glenvale and the others were full of stopped vehicles.