As construction workers go on strike across Quebec Monday, Global News has compiled a list of some of the biggest construction sites in the Montreal area that have been put on hold as a result of the strike. It also includes the original scheduled deadlines.
- Ramp on A-20 East for A-15 North (Works originally scheduled to end July 31)
- Ramp on A-20 East for A-15 South (Works originally scheduled to end September 20)
- Ramp on A-20 East for A-720 East (Works originally scheduled to end July 31)
- Turcot Interchange, ramp on A-15 South for A-20 East (Works originally scheduled to end July 31)
- Turcot Interchange, ramp on A-15 South for A-20 West (Works originally scheduled to end August 17)
- Between Turcot Interchange and Atwater exit on A-720 (Works originally scheduled to end July 31)
- Entries on Notre-Dame and on De la Cathedrale streets for A-20 East (Works originally scheduled to end June 21)
- Ramp on A-10 West for A-720 East (Works originally scheduled to end July 31)
- A-15 between Cote-Saint-Luc and Jean Talon (Works originally scheduled to end June 30)
- Ramp A-20 East for A-13 North (Works originally scheduled to end September 30)
- A-520 at Dorval Interchange (Works originally scheduled to end August 31)
- Victoria Bridge in Both Directions (Works originally scheduled to end December 28)
- Route 132 Under Champlain Bridge (Works originally scheduled to end June 29)
- Ile-Thomas Bridge East (Works originally scheduled to end August 19)
- A-19 between Papineau Bridge and Boul. Levesque (Works originally scheduled to end June 18)
- A-15 (boul. Cartier) between Micro and boul. Clermont (Works originally scheduled to end July 1)
- A-40 East between Cote-de-Liesse and Decarie Interchange (Works originally scheduled to end July 31)
The strike risks impacting different sites in different ways. One thing that appears certain, warned the Association de Construction du Quebec (ACQ)’s Eric Cote, is that added time will be required for completing building, maintenance and repair projects across the board.
“I am convinced there will be delays,” Cote said.
In a telephone interview with Global News, Merlin Trottier-Picard, a representative for the Centrale Syndicale Nationale (CSN), declined to offer an estimate in terms of delays, as the union does not currently know just how long the strike may last.
“Speed limits around construction zones still have to be respected.”
For her part, Caroline Larose from the province’s Transport Ministry advised that it was still too early to speculate on possible delays. Things should be put in perspective, she argued, as construction works regularly have to be suspended for several days when the weather isn’t cooperative and the projects can still be completed in time.
The possibility of more prolonged delays due to the current strike are “too hypothetical” to comment on at the moment.
Asked about the speed limits around construction sites, Sgt. Claude Denis, a spokesman for the Securite du Quebec (SQ), made clear that “necessary resources” would be used to ensure continued enforcement.
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