Orange line extension raised (again)

The CAQ now seems to be considering an extension of the orange line from Côte‑Vertu to Bois‑Franc, to link the metro to the REM in an effort to mitigate the motor traffic expected around Royalmount.

It’s sort of amazing to watch a trash fire like Royalmount happening. Everyone knows it will damage the city and cause chronic traffic bottlenecks, but it seems we can no more stop its progress than a natural disaster like a tornado.

In other REM news this morning, residents in TMR are heartily sick of construction noise but it gets worse: a chunk of Jean-Talon where it goes over the tracks at Canora is going to be demolished and rebuilt in stages throughout next year.