Bridge closure has domino effect on schools
The closure of the Île-aux-Tourtes bridge has caused the domino effect with the closure of 30 schools off that end of the island. Parents and some employers out there are mad as hell about this decision by the Trois‑Lacs board educational services centre.
Update: Exo has added more trains to help with the bridge outage.
Kevin 20:16 on 2021-05-24 Permalink
They still haven’t started work to fix the bridge they broke.
Four days going into five and there is no plan…
Jebediah Pallendrome 22:10 on 2021-05-24 Permalink
Could they even get a proper ferry up there, given the rapids? I mean a ferry that could reasonably handle the traffic and vehicles that use the bridge, not a barge.
Otherwise, that’s one hell of dropped ball.
dwgs 07:44 on 2021-05-25 Permalink
You would need several awfully large ferries, roadways to the water, large paved areas to hold the waiting cars, a heavy duty slip on either side for the ferries to dock, probably have to do significant dredging…
Bert 08:07 on 2021-05-25 Permalink
I heard on the Ceeb this morning that the toll on the 30 has been lifted. The other route is going by Hawkesbury and the 50, but that is a long way around.
Max 13:33 on 2021-05-25 Permalink
I don’t think a ferry would be practical. If you want to get even a small boat between Lac St. Louis and Lake of Two Mountains you’d better follow the buoyed channel off Senneville. Your chances of bottoming out are pretty good if you don’t.