The person in charge of Transport of the City of Montreal complained Monday to have been warned belatedly of the intensification of work at the bridge-tunnel Louis-Hyppolite-La Fontaine.
Posted at 2:24 p.m.
At the municipal council, Sophie Mauzerolle assured that the City of Montreal was doing everything in its power to mitigate the impacts of the partial closure of the structure on automobile traffic, but that it would have appreciated having more time to prepare.
“We would have liked to have had a little more predictability from the Quebec government,” she said. “There are still sites over which we do not have complete control. We would have expected to have more information. »
In addition, “we are extremely proactive in this file”, she assured. “We work extremely hard with our partners. She said that in addition to improving traffic flow, Montreal also wanted to preserve the tranquility of the surrounding neighborhoods.
The Mayor of Montreal also took the floor to ensure that she had a good working relationship with Geneviève Guilbault, the new Minister of Transport. She added that the City had given up on some of its own sites so as not to increase the obstacles on the network.
The two elected officials were questioned by borough mayor Alan DeSousa who was worried about the heavy traffic on the arteries used by motorists to bypass the work.