STM’s Pie-IX BRT project enters final phase in most areas

The Société de transport de Montréal’s (STM) integrated Pie-IX bus rapid transit (BRT) project office is now starting the fourth and final phase of construction in most areas of the project.

Work for the Pie-IX BRT began in November 2018.

• Ending in fall 2022, the phase will involve:
• Finishing the BRT shelters and installing artwork;
• Installing the lighting system and traffic lights;
• Completing the landscaping work on the boulevard; and
• Finalizing the pavement and lane markings.

Once this phase is done, there will be a testing period for the BRT service. Then, the reserved lanes will gradually be commissioned in late 2022.

Related work at Pie-IX Boulevard and Jean-Talon Street will continue this year, with the construction of the pedestrian tunnel from the Pie-IX BRT to the future Blue Line extension métro station. This work is still expected to finish by fall 2023.

STM is also planning to extend the Pierre-De Coubertin Avenue BRT to Notre-Dame Street. This phase is currently in the detailed engineering stage and is expected to begin in fall 2022.

The Pie-IX BRT project is a joint effort between the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM), city of Montréal and Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ). All work will be done in close collaboration with the ARTM’s delegated manager, STM and their partners: the city of Laval, the Société de transport de Laval (STL), exo, the Société québécoise des infrastructures (SQI) and the boroughs served by the project.

The integrated Pie-IX BRT is one of the projects that was developed following the joint declaration from the Quebec and Montréal governments to revitalize the east end of the city.