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Get Ready For Montreal Weekend Traffic Hell As A Highway Completely Closes

Montreal traffic will be extra hellish this weekend. The entire downtown stretch of Route 136 — i.e. the whole of the Ville-Marie and Viger Tunnels — will close to traffic between Friday night and Monday morning. And this could be just the beginning.

The Ministry of Transport states there will be further weekend closures as workers repair and shore up the Boulevard Saint-Laurent overpass. That project isn't scheduled to wrap up until 2024.

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Parts Of Highway 15 In Laval Will Be Under Construction For 5 Months

Montreal in the springtime is a beautiful place to be — until you remember that the warmer seasons are also construction season. The orange cones will be back, although perhaps less so this year, and construction on Highway 15 towards Laval is also picking up again.

The Minister of Transportation announced on May 12 that paving work will be starting again, both on Highway 15 and on the Médéric-Martin Bridge. Work is set to begin on May 15 and continue through October 2023. Hooray!

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Old Montreal Is Going To Become A European-Style Pedestrian-Supreme Zone

Old Montreal is going to become more pedestrian-friendly in the coming years, beginning with the pedestrianization of a big chunk of the neighbourhood.

The city announced the plan as part of its goal to achieve carbon neutrality in transportation by 2040.

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16 Signs That You've Lived In Montreal For Way Too Long

The opinions expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Narcity Media.

Living in Montreal is an experience of extremes: extreme cold and extreme heat, high levels of festival excitement and high levels of annoying stairs. Each Montreal resident will come to a point, though, when the pressures of city life begin to crush your spirit, and you wonder whether it's time to move on — or just take a break.

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Canada's Worst Traffic Cities Were Ranked & Montreal Is (Shockingly) Not #1

Montrealers are all too familiar when it comes to traffic in the city. Toss in construction, potholes and the bravest of cyclists, and it's as if we practically invented rough road conditions. Well, turns out that when it comes to the worst traffic-ridden cities across Canada, Montreal is not No.1.

Now, we're just as confused as you are, considering we've had our fair share of rage moments on the 40 or the Decarie highway, and can be triggered by neon orange at any given moment. However, Toronto takes the cake for the worst traffic in Canada.

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Free Street Parking In Montreal Could End — Literally Everywhere — Under A New Proposal

An environmental group is calling on Montreal to break the "vicious cycle" of car dependency in the city. And one of the ways it hopes to do that is by making drivers pay up for all the space they occupy.

In a report published Tuesday, the Conseil régional de l'environnement de Montréal (CRE) outlined 23 recommendations to achieve "more efficient, equitable and environmentally friendly mobility" in the urban agglomeration (the City of Montreal and on-island suburbs).

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Here’s How Much Montrealers Waste On Gas When Sitting In Traffic

Driving in Montreal is no easy feat. You've got loads of construction and a sea of orange cones, potholes galore and not to mention, the traffic. In fact, Montreal has the fourth worst traffic in Canada behind Toronto, Vancouver and Winnipeg, according to a recent report from TomTom.

TomTom, a traffic Index measuring 389 cities around the world by their travel time, fuel costs and CO2 emissions, indicated that the average travel time in Montreal is 18 minutes and 50 seconds per 10 kilometres, making the 514 the eighth most congested city in all of North America, scoring worse than other traffic-ridden spots such as Los Angeles, Boston and Chicago.

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Montreal Traffic Is So Bad Quebec Is Going To Pay Some Drivers Who Carpool

As work continues in the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel, Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault and l'Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) are introducing a pilot program that will pay drivers for carpooling in an attempt to reduce traffic pressure during construction.

The first phase of tests for this project begins on December 14, after which a final launch date will be announced for an ARTM Carpooling website and app combo.

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The Montreal Metro's Place-d'Armes Station Is Now Closed — Here's What Else You Need To Know

Place-d'Armes station on the Montreal metro is closed from December 1 to 20 to make way for COP15, taking place in the adjacent Palais des congrès. The STM said it temporarily shuttered the station at the request of authorities. Orange-line trains will otherwise run normally.

The Palais des congrès is now the epicentre of a large security operation in anticipation of the arrival of as many as 12,000 delegates for the United Nations biodiversity conference. That means some additional bus route and traffic interruptions.

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A Downtown Montreal Metro Station Is About To Close & Some Streets Will Be Narrowed For Weeks

Montreal is expecting as many as 12,000 delegates to descend on the city for the United Nations biodiversity conference, COP15, taking place at the Palais des congrès from December 7 to 19. And Montrealers will be feeling the squeeze. Major traffic disruptions, including a metro station and road closures, will plague the area around the convention centre in December. Some will last into January.

Here's what you need to know — and what streets to avoid.

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More Montreal Traffic Headaches Are Coming This Weekend — Here's What To Avoid

Another weekend of Montreal traffic misery. Major highway construction work and road closures could lead to frustration for some drivers. Here's what to avoid so you don't end up driving in circles trying to follow detour signs.

All this info comes from Mobilité Montréal, the organization that manages traffic mitigation measures in the metro area.

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Montreal Traffic Is Gonna Be Hellish This Weekend & Officials Want You To Avoid These Areas

Good luck getting to and from the South Shore this weekend. Mobilité Montréal, the metro area traffic management agency, is once again warning of "major" disruptions that could make Montreal traffic hellish this weekend, November 4 to 6. The organization is asking drivers to avoid some areas as a result.

In addition to the three-year partial closure of the Louis Hyppolite-La Fontaine Tunnel, closures on Route 132, on the Victoria Bridge and in the Saint-Pierre Interchange could make it difficult to travel between parts of the island and South Shore suburbs. Highway 40 will also be partially closed in the West Island.

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