Public Works

This section reports on sporadic obstructions on the territory.

Route Harwood

Harwood Road will be completely closed to traffic near 2720 Harwood Road, as part of the rehabilitation of a culvert.

Duration of closure: September 9 to October 11, 2024

All driveways will remain accessible during the work. However, the bicycle path will be closed during this period.

Rue des Loisirs 

As part of the work to rehabilitate the aqueduct and sewer systems and the road surface on rue des Loisirs, a complete closure of the street is necessary, except for local traffic.

Parking on rue des Loisirs will be prohibited in the work zone. The section of rue des Loisirs that will be closed will vary according to the progress and type of work.

Work will start on July 2 on the Avenue Saint-Charles side and move to Rue Galt, for a duration of approximately 10 weeks. 

For safety reasons, the water features on rue des Loisirs will be accessible only from rue Galt, using the sidewalk between 153 and 163 rue Galt.

Phase 2:

Galt Street is closed at the intersection with Loisirs Street until September 20, inclusively. Road users can take Béique Avenue (unpaved, gravel surface).

Total work: 

Redevelopment of route De Lotbinière

Reconstruction work on route De Lotbinière, between boulevard Harwood and Avenue Saint-Jean-Baptiste, will start on August 5. The road will be closed in sections, depending on the progress of the work, and detours will be set up via neighbouring streets. Work will start at the intersection of rue Chicoine and progress towards avenue Saint-Jean-Baptiste until December 4.

A complete closure of several days is also planned on avenue Saint-Jean-Baptiste, between route de Lotbinière and rue Melville.

The work will include work on infrastructure, municipal services and paving, as well as the installation of sidewalks, bike lanes, vegetated strips, trees and street lighting.

Duration of work: August 5 to December 4, 2024

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As of August 19

Work on Route de Lotbinière will start on Monday August 19, between rue Chicoine and rue Saint-Joseph. The intersection of Chicoine and Lotbinière streets will be completely closed. However, rue Saint-Joseph will remain accessible via route de Lotbinière.

The main detour remains via avenue Saint-Jean-Baptiste. However, we recommend using Autoroute 30 whenever possible.

Rue Dutrisac

Rue Dutrisac will be completely closed to traffic between avenue Saint-Charles and rue du Gouverneur, as part of the work to relocate the Dutrisac pumping station.

Duration of closure: September 16 to December 13, 2024

*Please note that this work has been postponed. Start date to come.

NOTICE TO BOATERS

There will be construction work in the Lake of Two Mountains and Vaudreuil Bay, in the area of the Île-aux-Tourtes bridge, throughout the summer season.

When boating near the construction site, please :

• Reduce boat speed (wave-free zone)
• Stay within the navigation channel marked by buoys.
• Pay attention to the marine signs in place
• Avoid approaching construction barges
• Be courteous to workers and other boaters

Implementation of the bikeway master plan continues this fall with the following projects:

• A new off-pavement multi-purpose path along Chicoine and Chenonceau streets, to ensure the safety of users on the way to École secondaire des Échos. This project has received $635,000 in financial assistance from the Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable du Québec (MTMDQ).
• Construction of phase 2 of the multi-purpose track located in the back blocks of Rue des Floralies and Rue des Pivoines up to Parc des Perce-Neige. The city received $918,500 in financial assistance, again from the MTMDQ's Programme d'aide financière au développement des transports actifs dans les périmètres urbains (TAPU).
• Construction of a sidewalk on the north side of boulevard de la Gare, between rue du Manoir and the bus stop west of it.
• Construction of a concrete pathway between rue des Sureaux and rue des Oliviers.

• Work on the redevelopment of route De Lotbinière, between boulevard Harwood and rue Saint Jean-Baptiste, will begin in early August. The work will make the area more user-friendly, with the addition of one-way bicycle paths, sidewalks, vegetated strips, trees and street lighting. The work will run until the end of 2024, continuing in spring 2025. The redevelopment of the Harwood Boulevard/Lotbinière Road intersection could be completed in the spring depending on the impact of the Île-aux-Tourtes bridge work and the number of lanes open to traffic.
  
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  Frequently Asked Questions (in French)

• Work on the rue Bourget wastewater pumping station, located near the Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau school, was completed this summer. A generator was added to this pumping station to ensure its operation in the event of a power failure. Rehabilitation work on the Dutrisac station will begin in early August and continue until October. A generator will also be installed at this pumping station.
• Work to replace aqueduct and sewer pipes, and to repair sidewalks, curbs and paving on Rue des Loisirs is continuing, and should be completed by the end of September. Particular attention has been paid to protecting the mature trees in this sector.
• Work to rebuild a culvert on Route Harwood, south of Highway 40, will begin in September, lasting approximately five weeks. It should be noted that a complete closure of this section of road for two weeks will be required for this work.

• No work at the moment

• Municipal Hub: Throughout the summer, the contractor carried out exterior landscaping work. The public square, street furniture and planting will gradually take shape. A diagonal walkway will cross the site, taking up the old informal path used by locals to reach the station. Named “The Valley”, this designed path will be surrounded by two vegetated embankments, the topography of which is created using the earth excavated from the building. Water will be managed using green infrastructure designed to ensure optimal, ecological practices: rain gardens with a variety of plantings. Finally, the tree and shrub species chosen are largely indigenous and edible, and will be planted with the aim of creating shaded areas and reducing the impact of the wind factor.
  
  At the same time, interior finishing work continues. Over the coming months, painting, flooring, cabinetwork and cleaning will take place.
  
  

  The building is scheduled to open to the public in the first half of 2025.
  
  

  The request for financial support for the construction of an aquatic complex submitted in response to the call for projects under the Programme d'aide financière aux infrastructures récréatives, sportives et de plein air - volet 1 (PAFIRSPA) was not accepted by the Quebec government. The request was for financial assistance of $20 million, the maximum available. This is the second refusal for this project. Starting in 2018, meetings were held with aquatic-related associations to identify their needs, and a functional and technical program was drawn up in conjunction with professionals specializing in the design of this type of infrastructure. Estimated at $39 million in 2019, the project budget has now been updated to $59 million.

  
  To follow the progress of the work, consult the Municipal Hub page of the website.
• Work to refurbish the offices of the Recreation and Culture Department will begin shortly, and is expected to take 8 to 10 weeks. New office space will be created to accommodate the department's growing team. In addition, the reception desk will be redesigned to better accommodate people with reduced mobility. For the duration of the work, starting September 5, a temporary reception area will be set up on the first floor of the Centre communautaire Jean-Marc Ducharme, located at 21, rue Louise-Josephte. Exceptionally, during this period, only the library will be able to produce citizen cards.

• In July, acrylic resurfacing work was carried out on the two tennis courts at Parc de la Seigneurie. The work will refresh the existing surface by caulking cracks and applying new layers of acrylic coating.
• Work is also underway to transform the four Saint-Jean-Baptiste tennis courts into 12 permanent pickleball courts. The courts near the school will be completed around September 23. Those near the parking lot will be accessible from September 6, but the lining will be temporary. Work on these fields will be completed next spring with the application of the acrylic surface. These permanent pickleball courts will meet the growing demand from local residents for facilities to practice the sport. The City is investing $400,000 in this first phase of work.
• Work is underway to redevelop the skating rink at Montée-Cadieux Park. A regulation 3-on-3 dek field hockey rink will be installed. As part of this project, we'll be adding benches for players with shelters, repairing the asphalt and overhauling the existing lighting. The work will be completed in fall 2024, with the exception of the shelters, which will be manufactured and installed by the Public Works Department next spring. A total of $143,000 is being invested in the playing surface, boards and asphalt repairs.
• The City is awaiting environmental authorizations from the Ministère de l'Environnement, de la Lutte contre les changements climatiques, de la Faune et des Parcs for the construction of six new tennis courts and eight pickleball courts on a site on rue Valois, near the parc de Dorion-Gardens.

Adopted in the spring of 2019, the Parks and Green Spaces Master Plan, covering the period 2018-2025, is an essential tool for managers and elected officials to adequately plan investments in existing and future parks. It allows us to take stock of the various parks on the territory, including the recreational and sports facilities that are located there, and to follow their evolution and use by users.

As of today, where does the City stand on the implementation of this Master Plan?

• Parc-école des Quatre-Saisons: Development work nears completion. In the spring and summer of 2024, the following work was carried out: the installation of play equipment and urban furniture focused on universal accessibility (tables, benches, swings, etc.), the development of pathways equipped with lighting linking the various areas together, the enhancement of the main entrance to the de la Croisée building and the redevelopment of the parking area. In autumn 2024, the final phase of development will involve the planting of over 200 coniferous and deciduous trees. As part of this project, new playground equipment will be added, including a futtoc table (a game that combines elements of ping-pong, football and volleyball), a basketball tree and numerous scooter racks.
• Parc Bourget: Work on the redevelopment will begin in September or October. The future layout will feature a Bantam baseball field, including fencing, bleachers, dugouts and benches, new children's play areas and the introduction of a water feature. A pathway connecting all the proposed areas will wind through the park. A service building and street furniture (picnic table, bench, drinking fountain, sun shelter, etc.) are also planned. The park includes many existing mature trees. Most of these will be retained as part of the works, and a few trees will have to be transplanted to the site itself. As part of this project, we'll be adding children's playground furniture with a universal accessibility focus, meeting a variety of special needs (sensory stimulation, accessibility for people with reduced mobility, with a total of three components accessible from the ground made of a cast rubber surface).
• Development of Pierre-Mercure Park: Begun in the fall of 2020, the development work
  Pierre Mercure Park is now complete. The design of this park has been thought out to suit both seniors and their grandchildren. Numerous play modules for children aged 0 to 12 have been introduced, as well as benches, rocking benches and picnic tables. In addition, the installation of awnings and free play areas will suit the needs of the various clienteles. The development was also designed to ensure access to the spaces and most of the park's equipment for people with reduced mobility (adapted picnic tables, adapted play module and sidewalks facilitating movement to the various play areas). In total, more than 80 trees have been planted within the park in order to create, in the long term, an important green space for the sector. The opening of this park allows young and old alike to fully enjoy a quality public space!
• Redevelopment of Lorne-Worsley Park: Started in the summer of 2021, the development of Lorne-Worsley Lorne-Worsley Park is now complete. The work that has been done is as follows: repair of the parking area, installation of playground equipment and street furniture (shelters covering the players' benches, bike racks, play modules and decorative lighting). Due to supply issues, the following street furniture will be installed in spring 2023: benches and picnic tables. The addition of an exercise module within the dog park was also completed in the spring of 2022. Numerous trees were planted, as well as many shrubs and perennials to create a heavily vegetated environment for the area. 
• Redevelopment of Quinchien Park: The installation of benches covering the daybands was done in the summer of 2022.
• Redevelopment of Mallette and Pinault Parks: These parks were redeveloped in the summer of 2022. Street furniture (swings, bike racks, fountain) and new play modules were added. Due to supply issues, the following street furniture will be installed in the spring of 2023: benches, picnic tables and a rocking bench at Mallette Park.

For all information relating to the Île-aux-Tourtes bridge, residents are invited to visit the website of the Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable. On this page, you'll find everything you need to know about the project, the obstacles associated with the work in progress, the various mitigation measures put in place, and the progress and highlights of the work to maintain the existing bridge and build the new one.

Information session

In winter 2024, you will be invited to an information session at which the main current and future interventions, impacts, mitigation and environmental protection measures will be presented. Stay tuned by visiting the project web page. You can also subscribe to the project newsletter on the same page.

Ice-breaking boat

As some materials have to be brought to the site by water, an ice-breaking boat will be used on the lac des Deux-Montagnes and in the baie de Vaudreuil. The boat will be in operation weekdays, from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Depending on work and weather conditions, the schedule is subject to change.

These operations will have an impact on ice thickness. It is therefore advisable to check ice thickness before venturing out to fish or simply walk. Vigilance is essential.

Traffic obstruction and management

Between now and next spring, construction work on the new bridge will have little impact on the road network. To find out about current restrictions, consult Quebec511.info, a practical tool to help you plan your trips.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact the Ministry using the online form or by calling 511.

Be on the lookout for work related to the construction of the future Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital.

Several road works will be required in the coming months in anticipation of the future hospital of Vaudreuil-Soulanges. Here is an overview of the upcoming work.

• Several roadway improvements will take place from 2024 to 2026 on Boulevard de la Cité-des-Jeunes:
• The addition of two traffic circles;
• The addition of a multi-purpose track;
• The construction of four lanes.

Are you a neighbor of the future hospital?

Contact the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de la Montérégie-Ouest (CISSSMO) to receive information about the construction work (special newsletter, invitation to information and discussion meetings with your neighbors). Send your e-mail to projet.hvs.cisssmo16@ssss.gouv.qc.ca with the subject line "Neighbour of the future hospital".