Public Comments Invited

2021-06-08 – Transports Canada must determine whether the proposed repairs on the La Fontaine Bridge located in Montréal is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.

To help inform this determination, the authorities are inviting comments from the public respecting that determination. All comments received will be considered public [and may be posted online]. For more information, individuals should consult the Privacy Notice on the Registry website.

Written comments must be submitted by 2021-07-08 to: aea-eaa@tc.gc.ca

The Proposed Project

Repair work on the steel elements of bridge P-01539H located on Highway 25 over the St. Lawrence River. The part of the bridge concerned by these repairs is bay section 7 under which the South navigation channel is located. The services requested include the following work:

- demolition of the stiffener and gusset sections above the inner diaphragms and the extension of the stiffeners (including magnetic particle inspection of the adjacent web) between beams 2 to 9;

- modification of the lower connections of the inner diaphragms between beams 2 to 9;

- demolition of inner diaphragms and repair of stiffener welds between beams 1 and 2 (including magnetic particle inspection of the adjacent web);

- repair of longitudinal stiffener end to end welds (including magnetic particle inspection of the adjacent web);

- reinforcement of the web and modification of the connections at the ends of beams 2 to 9;

- drilling of holes at the ends of the cracks following the magnetic particle inspections.

- All the repairs to be carried out take place on the underside of the bridge deck.

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