The 3rd link: between joy, skepticism and discouragement

The government’s new commitment to the 3rd link leaves no one indifferent in the region.

The ad inspires almost anger to Daniel Guay, the administrator of the Littoral Est Citizen Table.

The group of Quebec citizens fears that the government will not respect its commitment to transform the Dufferin-Montmorency highway into an urban boulevard.

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In Lévis too, a group of citizens opposes the project and calls on the government to better maintain the bridges already in place.

Currently, we are not even capable of maintaining our road network and now we are going to buy another business and we are going to spend 7, 8, 9, 10 billion […] for us it is nonsenseindicates Michel Bégin-Lamy of Collectif Virage.

Decision welcomed

The Eastern Coalition, bringing together around fifty elected officials from various municipalities in Chaudière-Appalaches, welcomes the government’s announcement.

This is good news because we understand that the government is committed to doing so.indicates the spokesperson and mayor of Saint-Vallier, Alain Vallières.

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But Alain Vallières remains hungry. There is a guarantee of completion, but there are no timelines for completion.

He adds that the Eastern Coalition has requested a meeting with Prime Minister Legault and the Minister of Transport, Geneviève Guilbault, to discuss the issue.

Imposing challenges, but it’s doable

If we are talking about a bridge between the north bank and the south bank, the technical challenges are imposing, but it is feasiblestarts off with Denis Leboeuf, engineer, professor, retired in civil engineering from Laval University and geotechnical specialist.

At a press conference on Thursday, François Legault mentioned favoring the bridge option rather than the tunnel.

On the north shore, the soils are of very poor quality, so there are significant foundation problems. And on the south side, the geotechnical conditions are not known so muchadds Mr. Leboeuf.

The channel between Île d’Orléans and the south shore is the St. Lawrence Seaway, recalls the professor.

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At that point, you have to imagine the importance of the approach embankments and the flows, so it becomes an extremely imposing work. […]. For me, this is a major constrainthe maintains.

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The professor also raises the visual aspect. The tip of Lévis is the founding landscape of Quebec, so from an architectural heritage point of view, seeing a huge bridge like that in the landscape […] This poses a problem in my opinionhe concludes.

With the collaboration of Magalie Masson and Guylaine Bussière