New urban boulevard for the West Island?

Posted By: Jason Mayoff · 7/31/2012 7:20:00 AM

Another day, another raft of announcements from the Charest government ahead of the election campaign that's expected to start tomorrow.

One of the big ones involves a new North-South urban boulevard through the West Island to take some of the pressure off of St. Charles, St. Jean and Henri-Daoust in Kirkland.

"We've been promised that for as long as I've lived here which is 32 years," Henri-Daoust street resident Salvatore D'Urso told CJAD. "We also heard about the 30 being built for, what, 40 years and it's still not completed."

The announcement from the Charest Liberals would involve the 440, the highway that runs through Laval.

That's just one of the promises the Charest government is making today, as we approach tomorrow's expected election call.

Others involve school infrastructure, money for sports at a Montreal school board and a cultural centre in Sherbrooke.

The government has at least 4 announcements coming today, to add to the 6 it made yesterday.

Photo: Traffic on Henri-Daoust, Laura Casella (CJAD)

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  1. Claude B posted on 07/31/2012 09:34 AM
    Seems like a good idea. More roads means less traffic. I say do it. But why stop there?
    I drive down highway 40 every day and the most urgent intervention, in my mind, is the repair and re-opening of the Ste Anne-de-Bellevue overpass. I mean, come on!
    The exit has been closed for over a year and it seems to have been forgotten. There are other ways to get around, but this closure causes major headaches when the 40 is tied up with an accident. Not to mention the incredible waste of time and gasoline as a result of residents having to use other means to get across.
    One way or another, these are electoral promises. There's only a 50% chance of the construction of this new roadway going ahead if Mr Charest is re-elected.
    1. Zombie posted on 08/03/2012 04:06 AM
      @Claude B Are there any other options besides voting for Charest? As bad as he is, I would vote for a monkey before I vote for a seperatist pig.
  2. LauraV posted on 07/31/2012 10:06 AM
    The other one we have been hearing about for 25-30 years is the opening up of Cavendish boul. What happened to tht one?
    I can no longer count how many petitions I have signed over the years from people tryingto get this down.

    This would take the strain off of Decarie, especially given that they are going to take down the Turcot interchange. The two ends of Cavendish are so close you can see Cavendish south when you are standing at the bottom of Cavendish North!

    Come on.... just do it!!
    1. Claude B posted on 07/31/2012 10:40 AM
      @LauraV You're right Laura. The Cavendish extension is more than overdue! Not to down-play the need for more arteries in the West-Island, but the Cavendish route even more critical than extra roadways in the W.I.
      Also, it would make sense to have Morgan boulevard join between highways 20 and 40.
      Then there's the joining of highways 40, 440 and 640. But don't get me started on that...
    2. Stan posted on 08/04/2012 12:10 PM
      @LauraV I agree, this is long overdue. Opening Cavendish would be a godsend to the business in Ville St. Laurent and also give the folfs in CSL somewhere to shop without having to deal with 1hr of traffic for a 15 minute commute.

      Great Captcha;s cannot even read them...
  3. Cate posted on 07/31/2012 04:11 PM
    Yeah, sure I'm going to drive from east of St John's to west of St Charles to take the 40 to go east???? This isn't for west islanders, this is about serving LAVAL. Think about it, and it won't be and can't be a boulevard, it will be highway, elevated, and produce more traffic on it and more noise. Bad move.
  4. John posted on 08/01/2012 09:59 AM
    How is this going to help St. John's Blvd. Looking at the map it has nothing to do with the West Island. 40% of the traffic on St. Johns is people going to Ile Bizard if you want to help St. John's and St Charles connect Jacques Brizard-Sommerset off the 40 and add a lane to the bridge the you will see improvement on these boulevards, just because this road is being built west if Cavendish it does not automatically mean it is for the west island, when you look at the map there is no connection what so ever to the West Island. As for Cavendish Blvd the residents there want to live in their own world and thats fine by me, the let the Cavendish Mall which is the only Mall with almost no stores inside, and if you want to go to Bureau en Gros you can only go there from outside the Mall so if the residents want no traffic there imagine opening Cavendish Blvd. But hey if thats the way the residents want it more power to them. They have the right to keep it residential.
  5. Tommy posted on 08/01/2012 10:16 AM
    Charest does not need the West Island vote as usual he will get it, but the Laval vote where the benefitters ot this new so called road that will alleviate traffic on St. Johns and St. Charles when the road is in Laval (figure that out) remember it is always said that Laval has the swing votes and are veryimportant to will an election.Who would want to sit in traffic to get to Ile Bizard on the 13 when they can do 6 red lights and be home in 20 minutes off the 40. Get real.
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