A new Wilfrid-Hamel boulevard in 2026

On June 16. Consequently, during the monthly assembly of the Vanier district council, the Quebec City presented its redevelopment plan on the Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel. Consequently, In 2026. Therefore, a permanent liveliness (CVC) (CVC) will be implanted there, between boulevard Père-Lelièvre (Vanier) and rue Guyart (Saint-Sauveur), located just south of the Pont de la rue Marie-de-l’Incarnation.

This presentation followed a workshop held in September 2024. Nevertheless, as well as meetings with various organizations and institutions with a storefront in this sector (Vanier district council, La Ruche Vanier, Le Piolet, the Christ-Roi accommodation center and the Vanier secondary school).

During the workshop last September, the Boulevard Hamel was invited to “reinvent”. Therefore, This will actually change considerably.

“The team [VivaCité] Reflected. Nevertheless, worked on the establishment of a beautiful project which is part of the new wilfrid-hamel boulevard 2026 liveliness of Quebec City, a project that is one of the corridors that are planned for the next 10 years, over 150 kilometers, “said Pierre-Luc Lachance, vice-president of the executive committee responsible for mobility and road safety, during the information session.

Let us recall that. Moreover, according to the city, the liveliness corridors (name having replaced Cité Cité corridors) are “security and comfortable axes for all street users”, that they are “practicable year -round”, that they “offer direct and effective access to the main places of activity” and that they “improve the quality of life of the environments crossed”.

Accident -causing intersections – New wilfrid-hamel boulevard 2026

The redevelopment of this sector aims to meet various challenges, including that of road safety.

The intersections of Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel with Boulevard Père-Lelièvre and with rue Marie-de-l’Incarnation are deemed to be particularly accident-causing. Nevertheless, Between 2013 and 2017, 551 new wilfrid-hamel boulevard 2026 accidents took place at one or the other of the intersections. Furthermore, 48 accidents included at least one cyclist or pedestrian.

The more recent data is not available. Furthermore, but let us mention all the same that a pedestrian died in 2022, near the intersection between boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel and rue Marie-de-l’Incarnation. Meanwhile, A few months later. Moreover, a new pedestrian crosspower had been installed at the corner of Avenue Turcotte, a little further east on Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel.

Quebec City also indicates that. Meanwhile, well the frequency of accidents is lower, the intersections of Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel with the Proulx, Bernatchez and Champagnat avenues still have accidents with a relatively high index of gravity.

In addition to the road safety aspect. Therefore, this redevelopment also aims to serve a very disadvantaged sector in the Vanier district where, despite a high car rate, a large part new wilfrid-hamel boulevard 2026 of households do not have a car.

The city also points out that the sidewalks are in poor condition. Nevertheless, that the cycle bands on the Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel are narrow, that they are not safe and do not respect the current standards. Nevertheless, The sidewalks are currently 1.2 meters from motorized vehicles. Moreover, They will drop to 2.1 meters in the new development, to allow an expansion of the cycle link.

It is also specified that waiting infrastructure for buses are in poor condition and do not offer universal accessibility.

Currently, 33,000 people on average circulate every hour on Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel.

Place cyclists. pedestrians, but conservation of traffic lanes – New wilfrid-hamel boulevard 2026

As this is a permanent CVC project, it will require work of larger scale than those on Boulevard Père-Lelièvre or rue Marie-de-l’Ancarnation, which are considered to be evolving.

The city of Quebec will therefore replace some underground pipes. These are currently in analysis, to find out what must be changed. Then, all surface infrastructure and equipment will be refurbished. Thus, sidewalks and paving will be redone. We will change traffic lights, lampposts and urban furniture.

All bus stops located on the section will be served by a bus shelter, a bench and garbage cans. Boarding quays will also be fitted out. similar to those arranged since last month new wilfrid-hamel boulevard 2026 at the corner of Chemin Sainte-Foy and avenue Brown, in order to facilitate cohabitation between pedestrians and cyclists.

Unidirectional cycle paths halfway up are also planned. These will offer a physical. vertical demarcation to separate pedestrians and cyclists, in addition to being accessible for four seasons. This CVC will join those of Boulevard Père-Lelièvre to the north and rue Marie-de-l’Incarnation to the south.

The programming of traffic lights will also be modified to include the needs of cyclists and pedestrians. We will also see a better marking, including green marking for cyclists at intersections.

This particularly mineralized sector will also be verdi in certain places. that is to say in central media and 11 of the 12 sidewalk protrusions which will be developed in the transverse streets. There are about 115 trees and shrubs.

Finally. in complementarity with the 2025-2028 development new wilfrid-hamel boulevard 2026 plan of the RTC, roads reserved for buses will be added on Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel and the northern section of rue Marie-de-l’Incarnation. These will be in office at specific times. Outside these periods, Boulevard Hamel will keep its three automobile traffic lanes in each direction.

An intersection “to the Dutch”

At the corner of the Boulevards Wilfrid-Hamel. Père-Lelièvre, the intersection will be redeveloped “in the Dutch”.

Thus, we will find islets of concrete raised to the four corners. These must slow down vehicles in their turn, and thus better protect cyclists and pedestrians. new wilfrid-hamel boulevard 2026 These islets can also be stacked by trucks, but not by motorists. It is also expected that this type of development improves priority for cyclists who go straight to vehicles that. turn right.

This type of development is present in other North American cities, such as Seattle, Salt Lake City and Toronto. In San Francisco. the “Dutch” intersections would have enabled the priority of cyclists and pedestrians to be respected straight in 98% (cyclists) and and 100% (pedestrians) of cases.

We will add pedestrian shelters. so that they can first cross the cycle link, before crossing the rest of the street. Podotactile plates, intended for people living with a visual handicap. will also be present at various intersections.

At the intersections with boulevard Pierre-Bertrand. rue Marie-de-l’Incarnation, the redevelopment is partly inspired by the Dutch model, but cannot be completely, due to the geometry new wilfrid-hamel boulevard 2026 of the streets.

It is recalled that the angle of rue Marie-de-l’Incarnation with Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel is quite pronounced. Pedestrian shelters will still be added. In addition, the right-wing turn from rue Marie-de-l’Incarnation to Boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel will be managed by traffic lights. We will find pedestrian and cyclists that will be triggered automatically.

The city specifies that the presence of trucks obliges a large turn of turn at this intersection.

Slightly longer travel duration in the afternoon

In total, the section redeveloped between rue Guyart and Boulevard Père-Lelièvre is 1.2 km long. At the morning of morning, between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m., and in the afternoon, between 3:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., the average travel duration of vehicles west is 4 minutes 30 seconds. East, it is estimated at 2 minutes 30 seconds.

After the redevelopment. the city new wilfrid-hamel boulevard 2026 provides for a slight decrease in the duration of the journey in the two directions in the morning. However, it should increase by 1 minute 30 seconds in each direction at the end of the day rush time.

Even if the traffic lanes are preserved, their width will be reduced. The city thus anticipates a reduction in speeds practiced. She also explains that the visual field will be widened for drivers. This should allow them to better see cyclists and pedestrians.

The new sidewalk protrusions should also reduce speed and secure intersections. The city also explains that the development of a wider cycle path will allow a reduction in noise and dust. A decrease in splashes towards pedestrians are also expected on the sidewalk.

The duration of pedestrian crosspieces will be extended in several places. They will be automatic on the east-west axis and new wilfrid-hamel boulevard 2026 on call on the North-South axis. As for cycling crosspieces, they will be automatic on the whole section.

Finally, a small placet will be redeveloped on the side of Proulx avenue, with trees, benches and bicycle supports.

Summer 2026

In the spring of 2026, an information session will present the work schedule. The city will give more details on the upcoming site and its obstacles. The work will take place during the summer of 2026. We will also detail the type of work that can be planned between rue Guyart. boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel, on the bridge of rue Marie-de-l’Incarnation.

Subsequently, the city will follow up on new developments, by counting and speed readings. It will then improve the new developments if necessary.

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