The City of Ottawa put the wheels in motion this week to look into a tunnel that would get the majority of transport trucks out of the downtown core.

CTV tagged along with a driver from the North American Transport Driving Academy to see what it’s really like to navigate narrow, busy streets in a transport truck.

Being behind the wheel of a truck that is 53 feet long, hauling an extra 40,000 pounds on top of the big rig’s empty weight of 40,000 pounds and having massive blind spots are some of the challenges driver Shannon Weese faces every day.

Add pedestrians and cyclists into the mix and it can be downright dangerous, sometimes deadly.

Weese says a tunnel would be a good solution, though trucks carrying hazardous materials and making local deliveries would still be going through the downtown core.