Barges to transport trucks during tunnel work?
It’s going to take four years to renovate the La Fontaine tunnel, and the transport minister has the idea of creating a sort of barge ferry for trucks that would work so well it would continue operation after the tunnel reopens.
She’s also keen on building on the success of the ferry between RDP (where she used to be mayor, but is now MNA) and Old Montreal, and thinks there should be more of those too.
Blork 10:49 on 2019-09-23 Permalink
That barge idea sounds so bonkers that it might actually work. But I wonder what the incentive would be for trucks once the tunnel work is completed. Obviously, exiting the tunnel approach and waiting to cross by barge won’t save any time under normal circumstances.
Maybe if there were a toll for trucks using the tunnel but using the barge is free?
Kate 12:48 on 2019-09-23 Permalink
Quebec’s had such bad luck with the ferry service downriver that I wonder if something like this could work. A heavy ferry toting heavy trucks? Across that crazy river?