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Overview of the Dalhousie Corridor | |
| What is it? | The Dalhousie Corridor is a proposed exclusive bus corridor connecting the Bonaventure Expressway with the Downtown Terminus (TCV) principally using Dalhousie St. in Griffintown. The Corridor is part of the proposed Quartier Bonaventure. |
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| Where is it? |  Click image to enlarge, or click here to see the Corridor in a Google Street View montage |
| How much? | Estimated cost $86 million (Summer 2009) Estimated cost $119 million by AMT after security audit (Page 111) |
| Why? | To provide a more efficient route for South Shore and Nun's Island buses between the Lachine Canal and the TCV. Currently, these buses use a reserved lane on Duke St. and shared city streets. They transport approximately 42,000 commuters per day. |
| Who's in charge? | The Société du Havre de Montréal (SHM) is responsible for the proposed Dalhousie Corridor. You can obtain the full report (French only) or report synthesis concerning the Corridor and Quartier Bonaventure on their website. |
| When? | After public consultations, the Dalhousie Corridor is heavily criticized in the OCPM report of March 2010. This prompted Richard Bergeron of the Montréal executive committee to state "The Dalhousie Corridor, as it has been proposed to date, can safely be considered dead". Nonetheless, the SHM continue to suggest that variants of the same corridor remain viable. We invite you to explore this website to refine your own opinion and then to express it to the organisations and inviduals responsible for its adoption. |