Etiket: asphalt
Demystifying science | The climatic pangs of asphalt
Every week, our journalist answers scientific questions from readers. Updated yesterday at 8:00 a.m. Are we going to change the type of asphalt on the streets because of climate change?…
OIG Annual Report | Asphalt and concrete waste dumped on private land
The Office of the Inspector General of the City of Montreal (BIG) recommends that the municipal administration strengthen control over the elimination of asphalt and concrete waste produced on construction…
Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital | Five hectares of asphalt for the “hospital of the future”
Concerned about heat islands, the Public Health Department (DSP) of Montérégie recommended providing the future Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital with a multi-story parking lot, and not the immense surface parking lot chosen…
“Asphalt and wind”: looking for a balm in the ambient chaos
The exercise has been popular in recent years. We take a series of columns or texts, written by the same author, shared on the radio, in a newspaper or on…
[Le Devoir de cité] White asphalt to fight against heat islands?
Quebec has rolled out 325,000 km of highways, boulevards, avenues and streets of all kinds on its territory, one-third of which are in urban areas. These black roads, in summer,…
It will soon be forbidden to “wash” its asphalt driveway in Rimouski
Who has never seen a neighbor, come spring, washing his asphalt with a garden hose? The City of Rimouski is about to ban this practice. The new regulation, however, arouses…
Motorcycle | KTM 890 Adventure 2023: between dirt and asphalt
(Óbidos, Portugal) If the KTM brand has become synonymous with excess of all kinds, certain types of frames force Austrians to put reason before passion. Intended as much for the…
Asphalt against library | The Press
The first victim of our deficient municipal taxation is the environment. Because it no longer responds to the missions of cities, this two-century-old tax system strongly encourages urban sprawl. This…
Reactions to the editorial “Please stop wetting your asphalt”
Many of you commented on Nathalie Collard’s editorial on the use of water, published on August 14 in the Context section. Here is an overview of the emails received. Posted…
Please stop watering your asphalt
PHOTO THOMAS COEX, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE ARCHIVES “The water that we let flow without counting should be considered as a rare and precious good that must be consumed with discernment”, writes…
Bye-bye, asphalt! | The Press
A couple of owners from the Rosemont neighborhood in Montreal broke the asphalt covering their parking space to replace it with greenery. The initiative, which surprised the neighbors, is part…
Asphalt to be redone on the Metropolitan | A “frustrating” situation that must not happen again, says Bonnardel
The removal of several kilometers of asphalt on the Metropolitan highway, due to a “lower class” of bitumen produced, is a “frustrating situation” for the population, acknowledged Friday the Minister…
Asphalt on the Metropolitan Highway | Miles to redo, a year later
Just installed, already removed. The asphalt on part of the Metropolitan Highway will have to be ripped out. Work will have to be “recovered at 100%” in the western segment…
Heat islands: tearing up asphalt to cool the atmosphere
This text is taken from the “Courrier de la planete” of May 17, 2022. To subscribe, click here. Last year, the parking space at the back of Marion Le…
East of Montreal | More asphalt for fewer trucks
More asphalt in exchange for fewer trucks? It’s the offer that’s dividing residents of Montreal’s east end these days, as the extension of trucking routes through a brownfield site is…
A nature park or asphalt?
Advocacy for better environmental health in Mercier – Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Posted on November 11, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Claudel Pétrin-Desrosiers Family physician at the GMF of the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve CLSC and president…