montréal REM (ligne A) - Discussion générale

[champdemars]

Il y a 9 heures, Zwi a dit :

Ils ont de la misère à creuser un tunnel sous un terrain vague... Je commence à les croire quand ils disent qu'ils ne seront pas capables de construire un tunnel au centre-ville sans que tout s'écroule autour d'eux... 🤔

Ce sont des zones humides si je ne me trompe pas ? probablement plus instable que dans le roc si tu creuses plus profond.

 

Il y a 12 heures, Rocco a dit :

Tous les prétextes sont bons pour repousser l'échéancier. Bon yeu.

Pourtant la Caisse mentionne explicitement le contraire... que ça n'affectera pas l'échéancier. Bon on verra dans 1 mois  Mais ça me semble clairement pas un "prétexte".

 

[jesseps]

I am not sure if this was posted or not.

Back in October 2019 they said they were on schedule to open in 2021. Got to love COVID for messing up everything.

I guess I will be able to take the REM starting Spring 2024. 3 more years to go.

I do hope in the future, when the Du Ruisseau section opens, the REM/EXO will have the buses go to that station and not the metro.

[jp_mtl]

Pourquoi Du Ruisseau plutôt que Bois-Franc en 2023? 

[SameGuy]

Reportè à 2024

[Gab20442]

Je pense que c'est à cause que la « navette ferroviaire » exploitait l'emprise jusqu'au niveau du début de la station Du Ruisseau (retournement du train) jusqu'au 31 décembre dernier. Du Ruisseau a fermé en mai 2020 ce qui laisse j'imagine plus de temps pour la construction. 

[seb851]

De toute façon, CDPQi on dis que les estimations sont très conservateurs pour les 3 branche. Je sera pas surpris de voir Deux Montagne ouvrir en même temps que celle de ouest 

[Enalung]

Youtube suggested this video to me today. I've got to say, the high section feels much better. The lower section blocks your line of sight which is what really makes the difference.
 

 

[SameGuy]

3 hours ago, Enalung said:

Youtube suggested this video to me today. I've got to say, the high section feels much better. The lower section blocks your line of sight which is what really makes the difference.
 

 

See all that density along the line? Yeah, me neither. That’s what the east end will be getting as well.

[Decel]

Il y a 4 heures, Enalung a dit :

Youtube suggested this video to me today. I've got to say, the high section feels much better. The lower section blocks your line of sight which is what really makes the difference.
 

 

La hauteur a un grand effet sur la perception (avec la largeur, mais ce n'est pas un enjeu pour le REM vs la 40). Ce sera la même chose pour le REM de l'est.

En bref la portion basse n'aurait jamais dû exister. C'est le mandat du client (le gouvernement) de bloquer ces genres de modifications du maitre d'oeuvre (CDPQi).

[SameGuy]

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/st-laurent-calling-on-cpdq-infra-for-safety-measures-name-changes-for-rem-stations
 

St-Laurent calling on CPDQ Infra for safety measures, name changes for REM stations 

The borough passed a unanimous resolution with all of its demands at a council meeting on Feb. 2. 

Author of the article:

Montreal Gazette

Mar 18, 2021  • Last Updated 2 hours ago  •  2 minute read

Cars pass under the REM train tracks in Kirkland on Dec. 10, 2020. PHOTO BY JOHN MAHONEY /Montreal Gazette

The borough of St-Laurent is asking for safety improvements, pedestrian-friendly access and name changes for some of the stations being built on its territory for the Réseau express métropolitain (REM).

In a letter Thursday to Charles Émond, chairperson of CPDQ Infra, the owner and builder of the REM, borough Mayor Alan DeSousa reminded the company that it has been asking for years for the company to give consideration to pedestrians in its plans for the future stations in the Bois-Franc sector and in the Hodge-Lebeau industrial sector near Highway 40.

“Rather than opening a can of worms with the REM 2.0 (in the east end), can we at least solve the problems of the REM 1.0, which is currently under construction,” DeSousa said in an interview. “You can learn from these mistakes … before you move onto other projects.”

For one thing, CDPQ Infra’s design will prevent pedestrians and cyclists from crossing over the tracks at Bois-Franc station between St-Laurent and the borough of Ahuntsic—Cartierville as they have done for decades, the letter says. For another, the Hodge-Lebeau sector is filled with truck traffic, but the station planned next to a municipal snow chute surrounded by industries offers no sidewalk south of the Stinson St. entry and no safe pedestrian crossing, it says.

The borough, which passed a unanimous resolution with all of its demands at a council meeting on Feb. 2, is asking CDPQ Infra to install a free passageway at Bois-Franc station so that pedestrians and cyclists don’t have to pay the REM fare to enter the station on one side and exit on the other to cross the tracks or make a 300- to 400-metre detour to cross at the nearest intersection. The borough also wants CDPQ Infra to build a safe pedestrian west-side entrance to the Hodge-Lebeau station.

The borough also expresses concern about the future of its long-planned bike path, called a “Véloroute,” alongside the Deux-Montagnes commuter train line where the REM is now being built. Vélo-Québec confirmed the importance of the path in 2017 and a first section, between Toupin Blvd. and Bois-Franc station, was built the same year.

DeSousa’s letter also suggests CDPQ Infra’s decision to give the name “Marie-Curie” to the future station in the Technoparc industrial park, which houses 100 businesses, without including the name “Technoparc” is a mistake. As well, the station will be located about 500 metres from Marie-Curie Ave., it says. The name, it suggests, should be “Technoparc–Marie-Curie.”

CDPQ Infra has named the future station in the Hodge-Lebeau sector “Côte-de-Liesse,” even though the artery with that name is more than 500 metres to the south. The borough’s letter says the name will create confusion and suggests the station be renamed in honour of Catherine Fol, a science documentary filmmaker for the National Film Board of Canada who died in 2020. The NFB had its landmark headquarters at the edge of the Hodge-Lebeau sector.

CDPQ Infra didn’t respond to a request for comment on Thursday.