The six-month deadline for the Caisse Infra to study the structural transportation plan for Quebec City has not yet begun. Minister Genevieve Guilbault threw the ball back to the city and said she was still waiting for the courses to be offered.
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“It’s six months from the moment the studies are sent to the Caisse de dépôt. All the studies from the ministry have been submitted, and I checked it again this morning. We’re waiting for the studies from Quebec City, but obviously, we’re in discussion. [Il y a] A lot of transparency in one part of Quebec City. We are dealing with confidential correspondence issues. […] I mr. I want to assure Marchant: from the moment we conduct the courses in Quebec City, 6 months will run,” the Minister of Transport began today, on the porch of the National Assembly.
Earlier, Quebec’s mayor Bruno Marchand said he was “very concerned” about new delays in building a built-up transportation network in Quebec.
For an article published in Mr. Marchant responded Tuesday Newspaper.
General advice
We learned that expanded public consultations will take place after the six-month period in which CDPQ Infra must consider the best network for Quebec. The formula and exact duration of the next consultations are not known. It may also depend on whether or not CDPQ Infra will be the prime contractor for the future project.
“If that’s the case, it’s very worrying because it means we’re on a horizon that we can no longer control in terms of time. I think the government needs to reassure us and tell us what the horizon is,” the mayor said on the sidelines of a press conference.
The latter admits that we are mired in a certain obscurity. He asked himself, “What advice are we talking about? That’s important too. Is advice just a quick survey on the Internet?”
A state of no more
The day after his summit meeting with Prime Minister Legault on November 8 and the rejection of his Plan B for the tram, Mayor Marchant presented five conditions. Chief among these is the speed of implementation once the six-month reflection period ends.
“If this is the case, this situation will no longer exist. It’s still important to us […] It is up to them to clarify what the timetable is. I don’t know him,” the mayor said with irritation.
The latter reiterated May 9 as the deadline for receiving the outcome of the CDPQ infra’s broad reflection. For its part, the Legault government continues to talk June for this deadline.
QS scares the delay
Believing the whole thing to be “delaying the tram project”, Taschereau’s Unity MP, Etienne Grandmont, recalled that consultations had already taken place. According to him, Minister Genevieve Guilbault was busy “demolishing the project and doing everything to slow it down”. “New proposals on tramways are ridiculous.”
Transport Minister Genevieve Guilbault did not specifically respond to possible proposals for a tramway, instead addressing movement in the region and the third link, saying they would be done “in parallel” and would not delay anything.
– In collaboration with Stephanie Martin and Nicholas Lachance
