Tunnel: do you have a BCDEF plan?

Imagine having to redo your bathroom at home. You’ve been doing little renovations here and there for years, but the pipes are still leaking.

At some point, it’s clear, changing the faucets will not be enough, you have to completely redo the plumbing.

As parents, are you going to ask your child what your plan B is? The toilet is closed? No.

As a good parent, you will possibly build another one or find a place to live during the work.

But in Quebec, that’s not how it works. Even a chemical toilet in the yard is too complicated.

  • Listen to Philippe-Vincent Foisy’s interview with Catherine Fournier on the airwaves of :

For about five years

We have been talking about work in the tunnel since 2017, admitted the new Minister of Transport, Geneviève Guilbault.

The announcement of the closure of half of the tunnel dates back to the beginning of August. However, it was necessary to wait for the announcement of the awareness campaign to measure the extent of the problem. This announcement was made two weeks ago.

But since 2017, couldn’t we have built a small bridge just for buses? A link between Varenne and L’Assomption? A new commuter train for the people of Varenne and Boucherville?

Now, we can only hope that the shuttles will work well and that we will be able to adapt quickly as we go along, especially with winter approaching.

While we keep our fingers crossed, the idea of ​​banning solo driving during rush hour in the tunnel proposed by the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, Michel Leblanc, does not seem so radical.

BCD plans

To those who are still hoping for a miracle on October 31, Minister Guilbault was clear: it will be complicated.

Knowing that, more than a plan B is needed. These are several planes. A shot when the weather is nice, one when it’s raining, another when it’s snowing, one when the metro has broken down, another when there’s an accident on one of the lanes reserved for buses.

Have we discussed with Waze and Google to include these plans B in the functions of their application?

Imagine: in the morning, you wake up, you turn on Waze and you are told: this morning, the easiest option is C or D. But hey, we’ve only been talking about it since August.

  • Listen to Philippe-Vincent Foisy’s interview with Sophie Mauzerolle, responsible for transport and mobility on the City’s executive committee on the airwaves of :

Give me a little chance, come on!

Now is the perfect time to try out the bike. The advantages are numerous: it costs less, it is good for the brain, it is good for the body…

It’s less complicated than it sounds. It is not a religion. A person who lives in Longueuil who takes his bicycle to go to work is one less car on the bridge.

Otherwise, we could think of installing zip lines, renting drones or personal watercraft… at least for the personnel of the health and education network.

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