St Laurent Blvd: Under the knife again.

Oh yes, once again Boulevard St. Laurent is going through major repairs. This time though, the city has put up a sign with the details of the work. Thanks, that helps a lot.

Not having enough repairs done last year, the digging up started once again, this time it’s Gaz Métro turn. The city intends to add a few “cosmetic changes” to the boulevard by enlarging the sidewalks (aren’t those sidewalks brand spanking-new?): addition of lamps and trees, insertion of historic indicators (if this continues, there will be no one who’d care to read them!), taxi stands, bus stops and even the installation of parking for bicycles on the sidewalk.(Uh?). The good news, the bicycle parking is already done, at least on this side of the street:

Expect nothing but dust, noise and traffic jams in Blvd St Laurent between Sherbrooke and Mont-Royal. Hopefully, the local merchants will not go out of business. One more year of construction hell, then (crossing fingers) back to normal. Unless, of course, someone else decides to install a baby-stroller path, or something similar to it.

Media Coverage [Montreal Gazette]:

Pain on the Main: Work plans raise a stink
How city hall is killing St. Laurent Blvd. - one construction barrier at a time

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