Place des Montréalaises project: News and impacts

Last updated June 27, 2022
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Work on the future Place des Montréalaises may impact your everyday life. Find out what you need to know.

The future Place des Montréalaises, which is located above the Ville-Marie expressway and the Berri strip and around the Champ-de-Mars métro station, requires innovative and daring construction techniques. The multiple and unique structures that are part of its concept require unusual concrete structures to be built, especially the inclined area and the tree-topped roof above the western portion of the Berri strip. 

Work also includes redesigning the four intersections, sewer and waterworks repairs and work being carried out by Bell and the Commission des services électriques de Montréal (CSEM) et de Bell.

Construction site news

Find the latest information about how construction is progressing and how it may affect your daily life.

Description of work

 

  • Covering the western portion of the Berri strip
  • Building structures to cover the Berri strip
  • Building a field of flowers and a tribute stairway, including a universally accessible passageway linking Old Montréal and the Champ-de-Mars metro station
  • Planting 150 trees, designing a field of flowers and putting down grass on part of the public square
  • Installing street furniture (benches, tables, etc.)
  • Installing a circular mirror in honour of women around the public square 
  • Building a bike path on Rue Hôtel-de-Ville;
  • Creating a pedestrian tunnel underneath the passageway, at the corner of Rue Gosford and Rue Saint-Antoine
  • Redesigning and changing traffic lights at the outer intersections 
  • Adding and standardizing lighting
  • Restoring streets and sidewalks around the Place des Montréalaises 
  • Work on the sewers and waterworks
  • Work on the Bell and CSEM networks

 

Workers’ schedule

  • Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  • There may be work in the evenings, at night and on the weekends

 

Getting around on foot and by metro during construction

  • The metro station will be accessible at all times
  • Pedestrian paths will be built around the work site 

 

By car

  • Lane closings on the Berri strip (exit 6 from the Ville-Marie expressway) 
  • Lane closings on Rue Saint-Antoine
  • Lane closings on Avenue Viger

 

Other impacts

  • The water will be shut off a few times for short periods (between two and 12 hours) during sewer and waterworks repairs
  • Noise and dust

Construction notices

Information Session

This is a recording of the virtual public information session held on March 23, 2022.

Question/Answer - Virtual Information Session March 23, 2022

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