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“If they don’t use it, it becomes more problematic for everybody in the Glebe,” Landry said.

The city, OSEG and the NCC will monitor the route, evaluate how the first four games go and decide in August about what route will be used for the latter half of the season, he said.

Concerns were also raised about the number of shuttle and OC Transpo buses that will be needed to transport people home after the games.

As many as 24,000 fans are expected at each of the nine Redblacks home games this season.

The shuttle buses will be staged at respective shuttle lots until the games end and will enter the site as needed, perhaps 20 at a time, while OC Transpo buses will be on standby at nearby Transitway stations until they are dispatched.

The buses will not form an extra long line on Bank Street and will follow city laws designed to prevent idling.

OSEG CEO Bernie Ashe said the end of games will be a crucial thing to get right and added that OSEG has hired an outside company with expertise in this field to help.

“They’re on our team to manage that problem,” he said.

Although OSEG hopes most people will come by shuttle, public transit, bike or on foot, it expects some people will drive their cars to the Glebe and try to find parking on side streets near Lansdowne Park.

The city is already changing the on-street parking rules for some streets close to Lansdowne — reducing it from three hours to one — but not for all streets in the neighbourhood.

And the three-hour rule is only in effect from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., meaning it would be possible for some game goers to legally park there.