The Mayor of Montreal said Friday she wants to speed up the rollout of traffic calming measures downtown following the death of little Mariia in mid-December.
Posted at 12:30 p.m
Three sections of road will become one-way in Centre-Sud by September next year, including the section of road where the fatal accident occurred, Ms Plante announced. Goal: to put “safety before fluidity”.
“This is just the beginning for the neighborhood,” said the mayor, who is also mayor of the Ville-Marie district. “We want to be able to secure the entire Central-South region. »
A citizen long interrupted the city government’s press conference, shouting that the announced measures were too timid, his son lived in fear of being killed while walking and that cars should be banned from central parts of the city.
Ms. Plante defended the results of her first five years at the helm of the district. “We installed several speed bumps on several roads, […] We started putting projections [de trottoir] while we were not previously foreseen, we closed a street between two streets,” she said. “Can we go faster and further now? The answer is yes. »
The mayor expressed regret over the latest statistics released by police forces, confirming that 2022 was a dark year for pedestrians in the greater Montreal area. “The reasons for this increase in accidents, including fatal accidents, are clear: there are too many cars, they’re too big and they’re going too fast,” she said.
New one-way streets in Centre-Sud: Rue Fullum, north, between Rue Ontario and Rue Sherbrooke; Rue Parthenais, northbound, between Rue De Rouen and Rue Sherbrooke; Rue de Rouen, eastbound, between Rue Fullum and Rue D’Iberville.