The REM work will be performed in two phases in Montréal West Island: May 11, 2020 the closure of the Mont-Royal tunnel caused a disruption in service between the Bois-Franc station and the Central Station; in December 31, 2020 the Deux-Montagnes line will be completely closed.
Mitigation measures in place
- Preferential measures for buses (bus priority signals, passing lane to avoid queues, reserved lanes)
- Increased use of reserved lanes to ease traffic
Public transit mitigation measures
- Shuttle 968 STM – Trainbus Roxboro/Côte-Vertu from the Roxboro-Pierrefonds station to the Côte-Vertu station, with a stop at the Sunnybrooke station (±35 min)Transfer between transportation modes (±5 min
- Metro STM from the Côte-Vertu station to the Bonaventure station (±25 min)
- Service 7 days a week (every 15 minutes during peak hours and hourly on off-peak and weekends)
- Operates in reserved lanes on Boulevards Pitfield and Gouin and the Côte-Vertu transit corridor during peak hours
- During off-peak hours, the shuttle will have priority traffic lights
- Line 468 – Express Pierrefonds/Gouin
- Line 470 STM – Express Pierrefonds
- Use of reserved lanes on boulevard Saint-Jean and the shoulder on autoroute 40
- Service with transit priority signals on boulevard Côte-Vertu
- Line 475 STM – Express Dollard-des-Ormeaux