Chantier du Boulevard de Maisonneuve entre Guy et Bishop – en photos

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1. En fait, c’est des travaux pour construire un tunnel reliant le métro à la bibliothèque

2. And that’s (Concordia) money that could be much better spent. It’s, what, a whole block to walk in the snow and rain? And it’s already possible to cross the street from the side entrance of the library, cross the street*, walk a few metres down Mackay, go in the Mackay entrance of the E/V building, and then through the hall and lobby to the escalators on the Guy side, straight into the Métro.

   A lot of money spent and disruption created so that a few people can do the “underground city” thing and go from their apartment buildings to the metro to classes without ever putting on a jacket. Priorities…

   (*Yes, jaywalking, but this is Montréal, let’s get real, it’s a small, narrow street; and a mid-street cross walk with signage and/or lights, and maybe one of those bumps, à la Outremont’s, has got to be cheaper than a tunnel. But too late,,,)

3. C’est pas mal con d’interdire aux piétons une section de rue entre le Métro et l’université…

4. This reminds me so much of the smoking debate. When the law was passed to ban smoking in public “and” private spaces (bars, restaurants…), the smokers got to invade terraces while non-smokers had to stay inside the restaurants and bars in order to escape the second-hand smoke.

   Now pedestrians have to walk underground in order to alleviate pedestrian traffic on the streets above while car-goers are free to roam around the overworld…

   C’mon!!

5. What’s the problem here? Concordia’s footing the bill to create another unique advantage it has as a modern university. I don’t think the school cares whether or not its students need to put on a jacket to get to school in the dead of winter, and certainly not about helping automobile traffic be less obstructed by the students. It’s adding a cachet to its list of advantages of being a student there, no more, no less. Stop whining.

6. I don’t think that the tunnel is such a terrible idea. The convenience it will offer to Concordia students is well worth the cost. When it’s cold and rainy I don’t think any of the tunnel’s users will mind having paid their capital campaign fee to fund its construction. When it’s nice out, people will have the choice to walk outside just like they do now. I’d bet that even in good weather some people will stay inside making the street up above less congested with foot traffic and hence more pleaant. Everyone wins.

   I wouldn’t be against somehow closing off that portion of De Maisonneuve to cars either but I’d prefer to see Concordia get a downtown campus greenspace by closing off traffic on Mckay between Sherbrooke and De Maisonneuve.

7. I think it would be fair to keep the current alignment of lanes from the construction project. traffic has adjusted to the situation.

   similarly, with left turns onto mackay removed, we can narrow that road and create a few square metres of public space between demaisonneuve and saint catherine.

   the new normand bethune square, however it will look should develop an array of food and beer tents to create an interesting village commons pathway for students who otherwise have little to look at from streetlevel (ever since they closed multi-mags down). We must turn a place of transit into a new commons.

   why didn’t cardinal-hardy or anybody from the school even try to get a charette with urban planning students going for the project anyways. its my built environment, my “urban laboratory” as referred to by the department.

8. Seriously, this tunnel does nothing but annoy me. Its ONE block. And at a cost of 5MILLION $ we cant “suffer” the rain and cold winters for a few months. If its cold wear a freakin jacket, if its raining and you dont have an umbrella… BUY ONE!

   Kaï in Côte-des-Neiges said it best with “already possible to cross the street from the side entrance of the library, cross the street*, walk a few metres down Mackay, go in the Mackay entrance of the E/V building, and then through the hall and lobby to the escalators on the Guy side, straight into the Métro.”

   5M$ is nothing to laugh at, I would much rather see that money going into repairing, or better yet, installing NEW escalators in the Hall building… you know the ones that actually work, EVERYTIME. But apparently thats too much to ask and dipshits and some sort of moronic high office decided to implement this tunnel into effect.

   My conclusion is that, the people who think this is a good idea/have made this tunnel possible, are either idiots, or simply high. Well, I certainly hope the smoke clears soon.

9. @: “I think it would be fair to keep the current alignment of lanes from the construction project. traffic has adjusted to the situation.”

   You can’t be serious, I believe it takes 20 minutes to get from Bishop to Guy by car these days.

   @:”installing NEW escalators in the Hall building” We just got new elevators, and we’re getting a new building in the fall that will alleviate the traffic in the hall building. The reason why the escalators don’t work is because they are at over capacity during peak hours. If you’re ever late to class or early they usually work since there’s less people using them.