A Pierrefonds resident has launched a petition demanding that cars be allowed on the urban boulevard that would link the Kirkland REM station to Antoine-Faucon in Pierrefonds.
“A family that needs to drive a child to daycare is going to have to drive back home and then take a train,” said Daniel Khoury, who launched the petition.
“It doesn’t add up.”
Officials have been talking about an urban boulevard for years, with possible plans going so far as connecting Highway 440 in Laval to Highway 40.
But over the summer, the centre city announced the road would be car-free.
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Crystal Misson, who lives in Pierrefonds, said she thinks the idea is “ridiculous” after she first heard drivers couldn’t use the future road.
“I mean what’s the point of making another entrance that is near the highway without being able to get on it?” she said.
The City of Montreal wouldn’t comment on the boulevard. A spokesperson said in an email the city’s plans are known and that officials had nothing to add.
Currently, the road is slated to cost $10 million and be finished by 2023.