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Following an unusually cold early spring, the National Capital Commission announced Tuesday that the Gatineau Park parkways network will be fully reopened to motor vehicles by May 8.

The Luskville Falls access road will be first, scheduled to open again at noon on May 1.

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The remainder of the roads — the Gatineau Lake parkway, Champlain Lake parkway, Fortune Lake parkway, Philippe Lake parkway and the La Pêche Lake access road — will reopen an noon on May 8.

The parkways provide access to such scenic sites as Pink Lake, the Champlain Trail and the Mackenzie King Estate.

The NCC also announced that designated mountain bike trails are scheduled to reopen in Gatineau Park on May 15.

NCC officials said in statement that the continued cold weather into April had delayed maintenance crews from accessing the roads until now.