The famous occasional study on the third link between Quebec and Lévis will be published soon, announced Bernard Drainville, who again defended the relevance of the project.
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It is Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault who “will publish the Opportunity Studies soon,” explained Mr Drainville during a press crowd in Lévis on Thursday morning.
More specifically, according to Minister Guilbault’s office, these studies should be presented in early 2023.
Last September, Prime Minister François Legault admitted that no study had been conducted for his four-lane tunnel project linking downtown Quebec and Lévis. At the time, Mr. Legault expressed the wish that studies would be carried out “in the next year”.
Bernard Drainville, the minister responsible for Chaudière-Appalaches, also confirmed that a meeting between himself, Geneviève Guilbault, and the minister responsible for the Capitale-Nationale, Jonatan Julien, should take place soon to discuss the third link file. “Jonatan and I would like Geneviève to tell us where the file is,” he said.
traffic jam
The Lévis MP also reiterated the relevance of the Québec-Lévis tunnel project, stressing that the problem of bridge congestion is very real, contrary to what Infoman proposed in its year-end program.
“People who take the bridge in the evenings and mornings, there are mornings when it’s very, very slow,” Mr. Drainville said. Incidentally, the response to the Infoman report was very revealing. […]. Me, the reactions I had after this report are, “He doesn’t care about us. He should come and stay with us and take them often, and especially during rush hour, and he would see the traffic getting heavier.
“It is certain that if you go to the bridges at 8:30, there will be no more traffic. It’s easy to walk over the bridge and say there’s no traffic,” he added.
Finally, when asked about the current condition of the Quebec Bridge, Bernard Drainville interviewed elected federal officials. “It would be a good idea if someone takes care of the Quebec Bridge and federal ministers tell us what they intend to do to preserve it and that they respect the commitments made,” he said.
urban sprawl
The mayor of Lévis, Gilles Lehouillier, tired of hearing criticism of his city, which he considers unjustified, for his part assured that there was no problem of urban sprawl on the territory of his commune.
“Since I’ve been mayor, there have been no more attacks on agricultural land,” he emphasized, adding that the sponsors were well advised.
Mr Lehouillier claims he has “a vision of urban sprawl” which would be “densification”. “We’re not going into the field in Lévis, we’re making it denser!” he said.
The mayor of Lévis will shortly take part in a debate with the supporting MP for Taschenreau, Étienne Grandmont, on the issue of urban sprawl and the Third Link project. In December, Mr Lehouillier had invited Mr Grandmont to debate with him shortly after the elected representative taxed him for preferring motorways to public transport.