“It is called little kabul”: slalom in a street in Saint-Jérôme

Residents of Saint-Jérôme have to make slalom in a portion of street in their neighborhood as it is hilly and cracked, a problem that continues despite the complaints made to the city.

“People do slalom to avoid holes, ruts. Furthermore, It is called the little Kabul. For example, “denounces Martin Jarry, who shows the many nests-de-poule and valleys of rue Nancy, near his home.

The ex-policeman at the Quebec Sûreté lives with myositis with inclusion. Therefore, a rare autoimmune disease which leads to muscle degeneration.

He moved four years ago in this district of Saint-Jérôme where he was able to have his house adapted.. Meanwhile,

Most of the time it moves to a very low speed quadter. However, even at 4 km/h, it brews, could observe The newspaper.

Flaques and big holes

“It makes no “it called little kabul”: slalom sense, how it’s done. It’s not just asphalt, it looks like there is something below that does not work. My wheel no longer even touches on the ground when I pass in holes, ”observes the 55 -year -old man.

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The wheel of Martin Jarry’s quadter does not touch land as the road is hilly in Saint-Jérôme. Photo Anek Lebel

The street is in poor condition over a distance of around 500 “it called little kabul”: slalom m.

In some places, asphalt is crackled, and others, there are large holes, noted The newspaper. But, above all, the street is punctuated by large valleys, which form surprising drops for motorists.

The problem is not new.

“It’s been ten years since the road has been in this state. ” says Sylvain Thibault, who has lived in the sector for 14 years.

The entrepreneur-electrician has given up borrowing him with his truck and trailer.

“Forget that!” In the trailer, everything is upside down when I go here. I have extensions, drills Hanging on hooks that disembark, “he says.

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Nancy Street is cracked and strewn with holes, in Saint-Jérôme, July 28, 2025. Photo Anek Lebel

“If you come across someone. it’s dangerous,” adds Daniel Dorais, another neighbor, who never circulates at more than 15 km/h in this area of 40.

Complaints

MM. Jarry. Thibault pointed out the problem to the city of Saint-Jérôme two years ago, but nothing has changed.

“It’s always the same answer: you are not in our projects,” drops Mr. Jarry, discouraged.

The city of Saint-Jérôme has declined our request for an interview.

In an email. a spokesperson indicates that the city has identified five requests since 2021 about the state of rue Nancy between the streets of the Enrees and Mario.

“In several cases, the nests-de-poule were implicated,” said Eve Chalifour.