
Pont de Québec: «souhaitable» d'abaisser le tablier, selon Lightbound
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«C'est sûr qu'à un moment ou un autre, ce serait souhaitable d'avoir une forme de transport en commun structurant entre les deux rives», mentionne le nouveau ministre de la Transformation du gouvernement et député fédéral de Louis-Hébert Joël Lightbound en marge d'une annonce sur le pont de Québec, mercredi.
Il dit vouloir laisser le soin au gouvernement du Québec, qui a la responsabilité du tablier du pont de Québec, de trancher la question de l'abaissement ou non de la voie qui permet aux voitures de circuler sur le pont. Le ministère des Transports du Québec maintient depuis quelques années que l'abaissement ne se fera pas parce qu'il est trop complexe.
Il est «trop tôt» pour se prononcer, déclare M. Lightbound. «Ça serait souhaitable, mais je veux laisser le MTQ faire son travail sans m'immiscer.»
Plan CITÉ
Le Plan CITÉ de la Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec Infra prévoit d'ailleurs le passage de deux lignes de service rapide par bus (SRB) qui circuleraient sur le pont de Québec pour alimenter les secteurs de la route des Rivières et celui de Desjardins en passant par le boulevard Guillaume-Couture.
Dès 2016, alors que le SRB Québec-Lévis était dans les cartons,
Capacité portante
Mercredi, le député fédéral de Québec, Jean-Yves Duclos, a d'ailleurs réitéré que le pont centenaire pourrait temporairement accueillir des véhicules lourds en cas d'urgence, en réaménageant les voies. Il contredit ainsi l'argument de la CAQ, qui, pour justifier un troisième lien, en appelle à la «sécurité économique» et martèle que le pont Pierre-Laporte est le seul à pouvoir assurer le transport des marchandises entre les deux rives.
«Ce tablier routier a servi durant 40 ans au passage des véhicules lourds, entre 1952 et 1993. [...] Si le gouvernement du Québec souhaite par prévention de cet enjeu de sécurité économique faire passer de temps en temps deux voies de véhicules lourds, il est possible de le faire. La capacité portante du pont de Québec est suffisante pour faire passer des véhicules lourds», a argué M. Duclos.
Moctar Sidibé, de la Société Les Ponts Jacques Cartier et Champlain Inc. (PJCCI), Maude Mercier Larouche, conseillère membre de l'exécutif de la Ville de Québec, Steeve Lavoie, député fédéral de Beauport-Limoilou, Joël Lightbound, ministre fédéral de la Transformation du gouvernement, Sandra Martel, première dirigeante de PJCCI, Jacques Castonguay, membre du comité consultatif, Frédérik Boisvert, PDG de la Chambre de commerce de Québec, Alain Kirouac, membre du comité consultatif, Luc-Alexandre Chayer, de Logement Canada, et Jean-Yves Duclos, député fédéral de Québec, ont posé en marge de l'annonce d'un comité consultatif pour le pont de Québec sur la promenade Samuel-De Champlain.
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Comité consultatif
Par ailleurs, la Société Les Ponts Jacques Cartier et Champlain Inc. a annoncé mercredi la création d'un comité consultatif formé de plusieurs entités, dont les Villes, le ministère des Transports, les chambres de commerce et les citoyens. Formé de bénévoles, il aura comme mandat de lui faire des propositions dans le cadre de la planification des travaux de réhabilitation du pont.
Est-ce que ce comité pourrait en venir à recommander l'abaissement du tablier? Pour Frédérik Boisvert, PDG de la Chambre de commerce de Québec: «[L]es attentes, c'est que les deux parties s'entendent pour maximiser nos routes existantes. Par la suite, on entend parler au gouvernement du Québec d'un troisième lien. Qu'ils nous reviennent: pas comme ils le font maintenant, au compte-gouttes. On veut une vision globale, avec un prix, un tracé.»
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