On social networks, some report having taken almost two hours to cross the distance between Louiseville and Trois-Rivières, an excursion which usually is around half an hour, in normal circumstances. “Tomorrow, I take the 138!” announce internet users exasperated. “It won’t be better,” said others.
For many, the resumption of work on the Laviolette deck rimed with the return to work, end of the holidays requires. Painful resumption of the routine, while the cameras of the Quebec511 site gave to note, in the middle of the evening, that traffic remained in slow motion around the bridge.
The Ministry of Transport had announced the new round of work, in order to limit the damage. Difficult, however, to prevent evil, as the interim link is requested. From Sunday, 6 p.m. until Thursday, 6:30 a.m., a single 3.2 m track is available per direction to span the river.
To this obstacle are added several output closings and access to Highway 55.
The 176 highway exit from the southern direction to Ste-Angèle / Bécancour is thus closed to traffic.
Complete also completes the entrance from boulevard Arthur-Rousseau, southern direction.
Ditto for the entrance from Godefroy avenue, in northern direction, by day only in this case, closed from August 4 to 6, between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The ministry also indicates that weather conditions may force him to review his planning. “In the event of rain, the work may have to be extended or postponed,” said it, by press release.
Road users are invited to consult the Quebec 511 site before traveling. Major congestion remains to be expected by Thursday. And many were able to see on Monday that the warning is not a view of the mind.
“Infernal traffic, this evening,” said a surfer, in a publication reflecting the state of mind of many, finally back home.
Note that a new round of intensive work on the Laviolette bridge is on the schedule, on weekends, between September 19 and October 6.