Duhamel Road in Pincourt used to be a two-way street, but last summer, it became a one-way combined with a “multi-use” path as part of a pilot project.
The change was billed as a safe solution to a road that has no sidewalk — but residents say they feel it’s anything but.
“There’s a lot of bicycling and they’re like doing the Tour de France. They just go in front of you and put up the finger as if we had no business being there,” Duhamel street resident Carmen Pilote said.
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Pilote is upset she presented a petition with over 500 signatures to the city.
The petition asks to cancel the multi-use path back to a two-way street.
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Some people argue the path is inconvenient and unsafe.
“We have to go down all kinds of streets to go to our homes,” Pilote said.
However, city officials say they believe the change offers a solution for families who want to walk and ride to the waterfront.
“We want people to be active, we want people to be healthy and this type of project is something that will promote that,” Pincourt city councillor Jim Miron said.
The path is part of a larger $12 million project to repair the road’s infrastructure.
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Part of the work has been postponed until 2018 due to a labour dispute between construction workers and the provincial government.
Residents say the ongoing debate means there’s still time to revert the project, but Pincourt insists the path will stay.
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