The city of Quebec will soon test a one-way street on a section of Rue Saint-Vallier Ouest in Saint-Sauveur, it has learned The newspaper.
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District Councilor Pierre-Luc Lachance confirmed in an interview that the experiment would be started “as soon as possible”. The city’s transportation department gave the green light to this project, which has been on the air since 2017.
Motorists taking Saint-Vallier Ouest between the Griendel microbrewery and rue Saint-Joseph Ouest (near the Shogun restaurant) can therefore no longer drive east (towards Charest Boulevard) on this artery. Only those arriving from the opposite direction can still use the target section.
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“The SDC asked us about it [Société de développement commercial] to try to facilitate the development of terraces on both sides of the street. We are working on creating a central one-way street. It requires the markings on the ground to be redone,” said Mr Lachance, who is also a vice president of the Executive Committee. Some RTC routes are also under review, he said.
The administration of Marchand, which has just published a new online questionnaire on the complete rehabilitation of this trade artery (between Charest and Marie-de-l’Incarnation), believes that the end of summer and autumn will allow it to decide the importance a one-way street.
“The idea there is really to test after a permanent redevelopment. I’m not telling you it will be like this. One way is part of the portfolio of options to be analyzed […] It will bring traffic calming to the streets and thus increase comfort and safety and thus active mobility,” argues Mr. Lachance.
Citizens want more
Sarah-Jane Ouellet of Saint-Sauveur’s Citizens’ Committee believes the experiment will be “interesting” to see the impact on traffic. However, she judges that the city is not doing enough for pedestrian safety with this “little stretch of road”.
She also regrets that the city abandoned the pedestrian zone in Saint-Vallier this year and did not extend the pilot project for shared streets in the neighborhood, with the exception of Victoria Street. Mr Lachance replies that in 2023 the city will proceed with a permanent common road at Père-Grenier.
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