Lasalle mayor also bows out
Manon Barbe, who’s been mayor of Lasalle for 20 years, announces she won’t run again this November. Before her mayoralty she was a councillor for five years, and she’s had her own party for awhile, Équipe Barbe, which only operates in that borough. But unlike two other mayors who’ve bowed out recently, she doesn’t cite abuse from social media as a cause.
Orr 00:48 on 2021-03-30 Permalink
The Lasalle election issue I hope to see is to get the long, long, long delayed replacement of the Quebec-owned half of the Pont Mercier bridge structure actually replaced.
I want this not just for cars and trucks to have a structurally safe bridge but also for pedestrians, runners, bicycle riders, scenic walkers, active transport commuters, tourists, etc because the replacement bridge will have a modern-safety-standard extra wide pedestrian & bikepath sidewalk. The federal government built their half of the bridge & sidewalk a decade ago and it is sitting unused waiting for the Quebec to rebuild its half of the bridge with the new wide-sidewalk section.
It seems Quebec ministère des Transports will delay as long as possible and then five more years.
Pont Jacques Cartier and new Pont Champlain have shown how popular these new wide mixed-use sidewalks are and local citizens in Lasalle & Lachine and the surrounding areas are really missing out on this access to and across our magnificent Saint Lawrence river.