Road in bad shape won’t be fixed soon
TVA reports on the condition of Christophe-Colomb in Villeray, which has been patched and repatched but is still a cratered mess. The city needs to dig the street up and fix the infrastructure but that won’t be done for a couple of years.
And when they do, there will be complaints about orange cones.
mare 10:35 on 2021-08-11 Permalink
When there was a bike path on Christophe-Colomb last year they lowered the speed limit to 30 km/h. Because there was no passing lane everybody grudgingly had to comply to that limit, stuck behind someone like me. Driving on Christophe-Colomb was so much calmer and agreeable, and the bad road surface wasn’t much of a problem anymore, and probably got less damaged too.
I have friends who live on Christophe-Colomb and they told me the noise level also was down a lot, also helped by the decrease in car traffic, and they could even open the front windows sometimes and sit on the balcony.
Unfortunately they removed the bike lane and increased the speed limit to 40 km/h again. So now a lot of people drive 60 km/h, all the while complaining about the terrible road condition they make worse by barreling over the potholes.
My friends keep their windows closed 24/7 again.
Since spring my (subjective) impression is that there’s actually *more* traffic on North-South axis like Christophe-Colomb, St-Denis, Papineau, St-Michel and Pie-IX. People moving out of town, using the Metro less and being able to do leisure trips during the day because they work flexible hours from home increase volume.
Battling climate change by lowering greenhouse gas emissions by traffic? A pipe dream.
CE 16:17 on 2021-08-11 Permalink
I lived on Christophe-Colomb near Bélanger for about a year and that apartment was awful because of the traffic. Never once did I open my window and we usually exited and entered the house through the alley because walking and biking on the street was so unpleasant. I can’t imagine why anyone who lives there would have been against the bike path and the reduction of traffic lanes, but I’m sure there were a few.