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Slated for replacement this year<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\nBy Robert Frank<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Transport Quebec workers repaired the ramp that links Sources Boulevard to eastbound Highway 20, Jan. 14\u2014the day after large chunks of concrete fell from the Henri Bourassa overpass onto Highway 40. <\/p>\n

Sources was the only West Island overpass that didn\u2019t pass muster, after Quebec Transport Minister Sylvain Gaudreault ordered emergency inspection of bridges throughout the province, to help prevent a recurrence.<\/p>\n

Locus of decay<\/b><\/p>\n

The assessment found that 47 of the 605 bridges that were evaluated needed immediate \u201cintervention\u201d\u201411 of them in Montreal, with most within a 10 km distance of one another. Transport Quebec has studiously avoided using the word \u2018repairs\u2019 to describe last week\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt wasn\u2019t a repair,\u201d asserted spokeswoman Sarah Bensadoun. \u201cWe basically removed concrete that might have been loose.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is similar to what was done [the day before] on the Henri Bourassa overpass,\u201d she told The Suburban.<\/i> \u201cWe inspect every structure that poses a risk of delamination up to four times a year.\u201d
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\n2014 best-before date<\/b><\/p>\n

Bensadoun confirmed that the Sources overpass is slated for replacement this year. Last year, The Suburban<\/i> reported that Transport Quebec had submitted drawings to Pointe Claire, Dorval, Montreal, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des transports de Montr\u00e9al and Agence M\u00e9tropolitain de Transport.<\/p>\n

Bensadoun confirmed that Transport Quebec is awaiting the result of technical, hydrological and geotechnical studies, in order to proceed.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still don’t have any confirmation whether it will be repaired or rebuilt,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Pointe Claire Mayor Morris Trudeau said that he has not yet been shown Transport Quebec\u2019s plans for the Sources overpass.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t seen it yet,\u201d he told The Suburban.<\/i> \u201c[Former Mayor Bill] McMurchie and [Dorval Mayor Edgar] Rouleau might have seen the plan, and from what I was told back then, it was a very preliminary plan.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously if Transport Quebec says that there is something wrong with the overpass and they\u2019re going to repair it in 2014, I hope that they repair it in 2014,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nWeight on city budget<\/b><\/div>\n
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\nMayor Trudeau confirmed that Pointe Claire will spend $2.2 million this summer to repair another overpass that spans Donegani Avenue.<\/p>\n

On July 6, 2012, the span released a base ball-sized chunk of concrete from St. Jean Boulevard onto the street below. No one was injured in the incident.<\/p>\n

The Quebec government saddled the city with the bridge in 1993, as part of a move to make the budget deficit appear to shrink, by foisting former provincial infrastructure\u2014and their eventual maintenance costs\u2014onto cities and towns throughout Quebec.<\/p>\n

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\nCrews made emergency repairs, Jan. 14, to the ramp that bears Sources Boulevard traffic onto eastbound Highway 20. Transport Quebec has slated the span for replacement in 2014.<\/b>
\n(Photo \u00a9 Robert Frank)<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nPointe Claire residents will pay $2.2 million to repair the Donegani overpass this summer\u2014two years after it dropped a baseball-sized chunk of concrete on the roadway below.<\/b>
\n(Photo \u00a9 Robert Frank)<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nDonegani overpass supports, Jan. 20, 2014.<\/b><\/div>\n
\n(Photo \u00a9 Robert Frank)<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n

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