New measures to ease traffic on Champlain Bridge

12 measures:

PublicTransit & Reserved Bus Lanes:

• Adding 3 cars to every STM metro on the yellow line between Longueuil and Montreal.
• Keeping one reserved bus lane toward Montreal during the morning rush hour.
• Adding an extra wagon on every AMT commuter train that departs fromCandiacandMont-Saint-Hilaireduring morning and afternoon rush hours.
• Creating additional parking spots forcar-poolersat theChevrierand Panama Terminal parking lots inBrossard.
• Giving buses the right of way in the left lane on the ramp of the BonaventureAutoroutenearAutoroute15, towards the Champlain Bridge.
• Distributing freeTrialOpus cards near busy intersections close to the Champlain Bridge to drivers and occasional public transit users.

Increasing capacity of other spans:

• Extending the hours of the one-way lanes on the Victoria Bridge heading towards the South Shore from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. instead of the usual 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• Extending the hours of a third lane on the Jacques Cartier Bridge heading towards Montreal in the mornings, and heading towards the South Shore in the afternoon on evenings and weekends.

Management of works and repairs:

• Postponing the overnight work on the southboundLafontainetunnel.
• Postponing the repair work slated for the weekend of Nov. 15 on theMercierBridge, which would have caused a lane closure
• Rapidly completingthe work on the South Shore on the approach for theLafontainetunnel, to clear the work sites and offer commuters a fluid alternative to the Champlain Bridge
• Observing traffic flow to offer solutions in problematic areas.