Plante wants to delay Lafontaine tunnel works

The Lafontaine tunnel is meant to partly close soon for maintenance and repairs, but Mayor Plante is asking Quebec to hold off for awhile as the city’s already tied up with the REM construction and other repairs. Once the REM is running across the river, it would lighten the load on the tunnel, is the logic.

Update: Despite the good sense of Plante’s request, transport minister François Bonnardel turned her down. This is becoming the definable theme of the Plante administration: they try to do something sensible, like pace out repairs or ticket delinquent drivers, and other politicians block them, not because they have a good argument for what they’re doing, but simply to mess up their plans. It must be infuriating.