Everything you need to know about the project

When?

From summer 2025 to end of 2027.

Where?

• On Rue Saint-Jacques, between Rue Lucien-L’Allier and Boulevard Robert-Bourassa 

What?

• Rebuilding sewer lines and water mains
• Rebuilding sidewalks and the pavement
• One-way traffic will flow eastbound between Rue Peel and Boulevard Robert-Bourassa.
• Creating a permanent bike lane for the Express Bike Network (REV) on Rue Saint-Jacques in the same direction as traffic (eastbound);
• Adding street furniture and lighting, including lighting for the bike path
• Creating plant-filled pits and planting over 100 trees and plants
• Carrying out archaeological surveys and digs
• Upgrading the underground network of the Commission des services électriques de Montréal (CSEM) and utilities such as Bell and Energir

Why?

• Make travel safer
• Improve residents’ quality of life
• Provide sustainable and efficient water and sewer systems
• Make the area greener 

Third phase of the Quartier des gares project

Adopted in January 2016 following public consultations at the OCPM, the Special Planning Program (SPP) of the Quartier des gares includes actions that aim to: 

• Offer all users an attractive, high-quality urban environment;
• Make the area pedestrian-friendly
• Encourage private businesses to develop the many vacant lots. 

The work to redevelop Rue Saint-Jacques is the third phase of the Quartier des gares project. Phases 1 and 2 were completed between 2016 and 2020. 

Phase 1 was carried out in 2016 and 2017. This phase involved surfacing work and replacement of underground infrastructure on Rue de la Montagne, between Rue Saint-Antoine and Boulevard René-Lévesque, and on Rue Drummond, between Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal and Boulevard René-Lévesque. 

Phase 2, carried out between 2018 and 2020, involved surface redevelopment and repairs to underground infrastructure on the following streets: 

• Rue Lucien L’Allier, between Rue Saint-Antoine and Boulevard René-Lévesque, and between Rue Saint-Jacques and Rue Victor-Hugo;
• Avenue Overdale, between Rue Lucien L’Allier and Rue Mackay;
• Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal, between Rue de la Montagne and Rue Peel. The project transformed this avenue into a shared street;
• Rue Stanley, between Avenue des Canadiens-de-Montréal and Boulevard René-Lévesque. 

Virtual information session

A virtual information session will take place on June 18, 2025, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. 

This is your chance to learn more about the concept of the redevelopment project, closures and planned work, and the efforts to reduce the impact on your daily life. 

A public question period will follow.

Register by following this link.