The City of Mississauga is closing
- Coopers Avenue between Kennedy Road (south) and Rose Cherry Place from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
- Kennedy Road between Traders Boulevard East / Coopers Avenue (south) and Eglinton Avenue East from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.,
- Matheson Boulevard East between Kennedy Road and Timberlea Boulevard from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
- Rose Cherry Place between Coopers Avenue and Matheson Boulevard East from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. and
- Watline Avenue at Kennedy Road from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m.
to accommodate tomorrow’s funeral service for Peel Regional Police Constable Artem “James” Ochakovsky at the Hershey Centre. Constable Ochakovsky died on Tuesday, March 3, after suffering injuries during a motor vehicle accident while he was on duty.
Mississauga Transit is detouring buses operating along the 27 Matheson, 39 Britannia and 53 Kennedy routes during the funeral and procession.
39 Britannia
From about 8:45 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9, eastbound buses operate along their regular route to Kennedy and Brunel Road, ending their trips.
Eastbound buses skip their regular stops on Coopers Avenue, west of Kennedy Road and at Rose Cherry Place, on Rose Cherry at the Hershey Centre and Matheson Boulevard East.
Westbound buses start their trips at Brunel and Kennedy Roads, then proceed:
westward along Brunel; and then
northward along Whittle Road to Britannia Road East,
resuming their regular route westward along Britannia.Westbound buses skip their regular stops on Matheson Boulevard East at Kennedy Road and on Kennedy north of Matheson East, opposite Watline Avenue and at Coopers Avenue.
You can see a map of the detour route here. (.pdf)
53 Kennedy
From 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9, southbound buses operate along their regular route to Kennedy and Brunel Roads, then detour:
westward along Brunel;
southward along Hurontario; and then
eastward along Eglinton Avenue East to Kennedy Road / Central Parkway East,
resuming their regular route southward along Central East.Southbound buses skip their regular stops on Kennedy Road at Traders Boulevard East, Watline Avenue, Matheson Boulevard East, south of Matheson Boulevard East, Grand Highland Way, Bristol Road East, Dakota Road and Eglinton Avenue East, on n Coopers Avenue, west of Kennedy Road and at Rose Cherry Place, on Rose Cherry at the Hershey Centre and Matheson Boulevard East and on Matheson East, east of Rose Cherry and at Kennedy Road.
Northbound buses reverse this routing.
Northbound buses skip their regular stops on Kennedy Road at Pebblebrook Court, Indian Summer Trail, Driftcurrent Drive, Wilderness Trail and Matheson Boulevard East, north of Matheson East, opposite Watline Avenue at Coopers Avenue and opposite Brunel Road, on Rose Cherry Place north of Matheson, opposite the Hershey Centre and at Coopers Avenue and on Coopers at Kennedy.
You can see a map of the detour route here. (.pdf)
27 Matheson
The southbound buses leaving the Meadowvale Transit Centre before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 9, operate along their regular route to Matheson Road West and Hurontario Street, then detour:
southward along Hurontario;
eastward along Eglinton Avenue East; and then
northward along Tomken Road to Matheson Boulevard East,
resuming their regular route eastward along Matheson.Southbound buses skip their regular stops on Matheson Boulevard East at Whittle, McAdam and Kennedy Roads, Rose Cherry Place, Timberlea Boulevard and Tomken Road.
The northbound buses leaving Islington GO Station at 8:31 and 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday, March 9 reverse this routing.
Northbound buses skip their regular stops on Matheson Boulevard East at Timberlea Boulevard, Rose Cherry Place, Kennedy, McAdam and Whittle Roads and Hurontario Street.
You can see a map of the detour route here. (.pdf)

