(La Pêche) There are studies on the project of a third highway link between Quebec and Lévis, but François Legault refuses day after day to reveal them, repeating at each opportunity that they must be updated.
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Sunday, during an interview with Radio-Canada, the leader of the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) affirmed that the opposition to his project came mainly from the metropolis, where Montrealers “look down on” the people of Quebec and of Levis. Remember that the mayor of Quebec, Bruno Marchand, is asking Mr. Legault’s party to provide studies that show that their project is necessary for the capital region.
“The studies were done before the pandemic and they need to be reviewed. When they will be completed, they will be made public, ”said Mr. Legault on Monday, who recalled during his last days of campaigning that he was born in Montreal and that he still lives in this city.
In a press briefing on Monday, a question was asked, asking him if he looks down on the citizens of Quebec “from above”, to use the expression he used on Sunday, by not revealing the studies.
“Go talk to the people of Quebec. Go talk to the people of Lévis. They know the congestion on both bridges and they know we need a third link. Now, studies must take into account teleworking, which has accelerated during the pandemic. They must [aussi] take into account revised population growth forecasts […]. As soon as the data is available, we will make it public,” he replied.
The CAQ leader, however, does not undertake to do so by the end of the election campaign. The latter, however, asks the population of Greater Quebec to give him a “strong mandate” in order to carry out the project. The CAQ plans to build a four-lane highway tunnel under the St. Lawrence River.
Last week, the CAQ candidate in the riding of Lévis, Bernard Drainville, asked people “Drop me with the GHGs! about the environmental impact of this new road. Mr. Drainville pleaded that the future belonged to the electric car. He also recalled that two lanes will be reserved for public transport during rush hours.
If it takes power, the Parti Québécois would create a light rail line from downtown to downtown, between Quebec and Lévis. This new public transport line would be 15 kilometers long. It is an under-river link that would connect the two shores.
Quebec solidaire promises for its part to establish a rapid service by bus (SRB) “from downtown Lévis to the west of Quebec, via the Quebec bridge”. The Liberal Party of Quebec is proposing to extend the tramway project in Quebec towards the South Shore, while the Conservative Party of Éric Duhaime is proposing a highway that would cross part of Île d’Orléans to reach a new bridge to Lévis.
With Charles Lecavalier and Fanny Lévesque, The Press