Speed limit to drop to 20km/h on 4 Montreal streets
The Ville-Marie borough approved reducing the speed limit on certain stretches of Saint-Paul, Bishop, De La Gauchetière and Émery streets.
Saint-Paul, Bishop, De La Gauchetière and Émery streets will see their speed limits halved
The speed limit for some downtown Montreal streets will soon be cut by half in an effort to encourage pedestrians, cyclists and residents to better share the road.
Earlier this week, the Ville-Marie borough approved reducing the speed limit on stretches of St-Paul, Bishop, De La Gauchetière and Émery streets.
The speed limit will be dropped from 40 km/h to 20 km/h on:
- Bishop Street between De Maisonneuve Boulevard and Sherbrooke Street.
- St-Paul Street between Place Jacques-Cartier and Bonsecours Street.
- De La Gauchetière Street between St-Laurent Boulevard and Sanguinet Street.
- Émery Street between Sanguinet and St-Denis streets.
The decision goes hand-in-hand with the recent overhaul of those streets and addition of wider sidewalks and new street lights.
The ongoing construction on De La Gauchetière and St-Paul streets is expected to be completed in the coming weeks.
With files from Radio-Canada's Benoît Chapdelaine