Montreal eclipsed targets for fixing roads, sewers and aquaducts in 2016
For the first time in recent history, the City of Montreal surpassed its goals for repairs to its crumbling infrastructure last year.
Lionel Perez, the Montreal executive committee member responsible for infrastructure, said the city completed 110 per cent of its objectives — eclipsing its targets for 2016 and increasing by 30 per cent its spending on repairs to roads, sewers and aquaducts over what was spent the previous year.
The $581-million investment means the city was able to complete:
- Reconstruction of 40 kilometres of sewers and aqueducts.
- Reconstruction of 66 kilometres of water networks.
- Repairs on 198 kilometres of roads.
Of the total, $221 million went towards improving the condition of pavement, sidewalks, traffic lights, lighting, bridges and tunnels.
Another $261 million went towards sewer and aquaduct repairs, and the remaining $99 million was used for major road projects, such as Saint-Paul Street, Viger Square and Côte-Sainte-Catherine Road.
Perez said that the city was able to complete more work than it planned by putting in place incentives for contractors and improving planning and co-ordination between city departments.
- 2016 - 109.5 per cent.
- 2015 - 85 per cent.
- 2014 - 70 per cent.
- 2013 - 48 per cent.
- 2012 - 51 per cent.
- 2011 - 35 per cent.
The report also details improved measures to communicate with the public, including detour announcements, better access to traffic cameras, increased presence of police and liaison officers, and the opening of an urban mobility management centre (CGMU).
