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Both morning and afternoon commuters in the capital were spared traffic snarls from a United We Roll truck convoy protest Tuesday but there’s no word yet on Wednesday’s way to work.

Ottawa police Sgt. Mark Gatien, who had been with the convoy of truckers all day, reported just after 1:30 p.m. Tuesday that “all drivers (are) heading back to their trucks.

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When asked where the truckers were going, Gatien said: “I do know but for security reasons cannot say quite yet.”

The city’s traffic centre at 2:55 p.m. lifted its warning of road closures on Wellington Street between Elgin and O’Connor streets.

Several hundred people, about half of them garbed in yellow vests, rallied on Parliament Hill from about 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The protest is expected to jam up traffic downtown for two days but after a late start, the convoy didn’t arrive on Wellington Street until after a morning rush hour in which motorists and bus riders had been warned to expect delays.