Cars will be excluded from the Mendel viaduct for the tramway

To limit the costs. Consequently. However, the merchant administration has decided not to add car tracks to the future viaduct which will extend the Mendel Street and to reserve the structure for the tram, cyclists and pedestrians, learned The newspaper.

This major structure has been in the tram plans since the origin of the project. Similarly, It should allow the oars to go from the boiler sector. For example. For example, near the IKEA, to the Pie-XII sector by connecting the boulevard de la Chaudière to the boulevard du Visant-Nord.

In response to questions from JournalQuebec City has confirmed the decision that was made. Additionally, For example, “As part of phase 1 of the city plan. Consequently. Meanwhile, the city has decided to reserve the Mendel climb exclusively for the tram passage as cars will excluded mendel viaduct new well as active mobility (sidewalk and cycle path),” said spokesperson Jean-Pascal Lavoie.

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Vehicles D’emergency

He specifies that “the. structure will nevertheless be accessible to emergency vehicles when the situation requires it”.

“This decision will limit the costs of the project for the city,” said the spokesperson. When Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec infra (CDPQI) was appointed project manager in June 2024. it was agreed to limit the extent of the work cars will excluded mendel viaduct of the cars will excluded mendel viaduct new tram to. reduce costs.

According to our information, the overall cost of an infrastructure allowing car traffic could reach between $ 40 and $ 50 million. The merchant administration is betting that by withdrawing the tracks for cars, the invoice will be reduced.

The City is “in design revision” currently, and has no precise costs to be communicated to communicate for the moment. The tenders will be launched later.

The city confirms that the sidewalk. the cycle path. the design and construction of the embankment, the foundations as well as the art of the Mendel climb are financially financially, as would have been the case for the carriageways if we had decided to maintain them. By virtue of the sharing of responsibilities established for the tramcitious project. CDPQI is responsible for the design and construction of the tram and urban development platform, said Mr. Lavoie.

Possible to add in the future

In addition. the city stresses that “it will remain possible to possibly add a road portion. in the longer term, cars will excluded mendel viaduct depending on the evolution of the needs of the sector”.

At the origin of the tram project. in 2018. Quebec City cars will excluded mendel viaduct new wanted to take advantage of the construction of a viaduct in the Mendel sector to add two traffic lanes, a cycle path and a sidewalk. This aimed to open up the boiler sector. We wanted cars to be able to borrow the same infrastructure as the tram to directly access the tip. of Sainte-Foy.

In 2019. the administration of Régis Labeaume had revealed that the government of Quebec had not wanted to finance the estimated. investment then at $ 21.2M for the additional tracks, the sidewalks and the cycle path, because it is not part of the tram megaprojet.