After Montreal, it is Laval’s turn to contend with boulevards in poor condition. Almost 30% of the busiest roads in Laval in 2013 were in “poor” or “very poor” condition. Portrait of a city that was supposedly made of asphalt and concrete and now needs to examine its practices.
Radio-Canada obtained and compiled data from the City of Laval, which inspected 5,437 sections of boulevards, arteries and collector roads totaling nearly 700 kilometers in 2013. Using the Performance Index of the Roadway (IPC), the city reached the following conclusions:
- 9.9% of the roadway was in very poor condition;
- 17.9% were in poor condition;
- 18% were in good condition;
- 25.5% were in good condition;
- 28.7% were in very good condition.
Problem boulevards
For Laval workers, sections of the boulevards Daniel-Johnson, Dagenais Ouest, de la Concorde, des Laurentides, des Mille-Îles, des Prairies, du Souvenir and Saint-Martin Ouest need to be renewed.
Remarks :
The analysis includes only the main arteries and busiest roads of the Laval road network. Local roads were not taken into account.
The IPC is the most important index for determining the condition of roads. In particular, the condition of the surface, the formation of ruts and driving comfort are taken into account.
- 0-20 Very bad
- 20-40 Bad
- 40-60 Mediocre
- 60-80 Good
- 80-100 Very good
The mayor of Laval is well aware of the problem and does not consider the situation to be critical, but partly blames previous governments.
I’m not proud of all the streets if you ask me that. No, there are some places I can’t wait to get fixed […] There has been no political leadership in Laval in recent years, which was also reflected in the infrastructure.
Engineers at work
Something has changed in Laval since the November 2013 elections. The city’s engineering department is pleased that there is now long-term planning for the road work.
“Previously, one year, depending on the availability of the budget, I could do $30 million of work and the other year I did no work,” admits the head of the infrastructure rehabilitation department in Laval, Pierre Gyselinck. From now on we plan the work more.
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A city made of asphalt and concrete
Regarding the repair of roads, the auditor general of Laval wrote in his 2012 report: “We found that the final selection of the prioritization of road sections was made on the basis of an intervention of a political nature.” »
The new mayor of Laval wants to change something. “No road has been renewed for political order since we arrived on November 3, 2013,” he said.
In 2015, 2016 and 2017, Laval plans to invest nearly $80 million to repair its roads. While the condition of major arterial roads was analyzed in 2013, local roads will be monitored this summer and new data will be available soon.
- Main arteries: Regional roads, often the busiest (example: Boulevards Curé-Labelle, Saint-Martin, des Laurentides)
- Secondary arteries: Transit roads are more local in nature, often a little less busy (example: Boulevards Lévesque, Sainte-Rose, Daniel-Johnson)
- Collector: Streets with a very local character, which serve to collect and redirect the traffic of several local streets onto a main artery (example: Boulevards Tessier, des Oiseaux, Lesage)
- Local streets
- portions (or side streets)
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