Montrealers who think the city does construction work over and over on the same streets: it’s not your imagination._

_The Gazette has reviewed a handful of recent roadwork projects to understand how and why this phenomenon occurs. Here is Case No. 2. _

LOCATION:

Christophe-Colomb Ave., boroughs of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, Villeray—St-Michel—Parc-Extension

THE ISSUE: 

In 2023, the city built six-kilometre bike lanes on both sides of Christophe-Colomb Ave. In 2024, the city closed a one-kilometre stretch of the new bike paths, between Jean-Talon and Jarry Sts., for two years to completely rebuild the road and underground water and sewer infrastructure there. The city also returned in 2025 to “make permanent” the rest of the bike lanes built in 2023.

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