(Longueuil) The ongoing studies will not change anything: if re-elected, François Legault intends to advance the construction of a four-lane Quebec-Lévis tunnel, claiming that the estimated cost is 6.5 billion a “maximum”.
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Tommy Chouinard La Press
In his words, the studies would serve to “refine” or “improve” his project. “It can also come (to) confirmation”. But regardless of the conclusions and even if the idea of a bridge as proposed by Éric Duhaime could be considered, his idea is made.
“There will be a technical study and then there will be a political decision. Do we want a bridge that is a highway on the Île d’Orléans? It may be doable, but we don’t want that,” he told a press conference in Longueuil on Monday, adding he didn’t want to “destroy the beauty of the Île d’Orléans. “I don’t understand how you can’t build a tunnel. »
The studies “will be able to tell us technically what is the best way to do this. We are convinced that there is a tunnel. But hey, technically what are the best ways to get there? what is the traffic How much of those four lanes should be for public transport? How much for transporting cars. We think it should be half and half during peak hours. »
The studies could “refine” the “estimate” of the bill to $6.5 billion. But he sees that number as the upper limit. “According to the people at the Quebec Ministry of Transport, it should cost around 6.5 billion. […] We put pillows on top of each other. We think it’s a maximum,” he said.
Liberal leader Dominique Anglade believes Mr Legault “doesn’t care about science and facts”. “With the third link he laughs in our faces! she started.
With Fanny Levesque, La Presse