STM seeking bidders for Pie-IX BRT Notre-Dame section

The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) integrated Pie-IX BRT project office is launching a new call for tenders for the construction of the Notre-Dame section of the Pie-IX BRT that extends the bus rapid transit service between Pierre-De Coubertin Avenue and Notre-Dame Street East. Based on the outcome of the process, the winning bidder will be announced in the second half of 2023 and will be responsible for: 

• Public transit- installing 1.6 kilometer (0.99 miles) of permanent, two-way reserved lanes in the middle of Pie-IX Boulevard between Pierre-De Coubertin Avenue and Notre-Dame Street; constructing four stops with seven shelters, including one set-down only stop, and installing smart transportation systems in the BRT shelters (animated displays, cameras, etc.) and in the lanes themselves (priority measures at traffic lights and animated display of traffic).
• Municipal infrastructure- Rehabilitating sewers, water mains and urban public utilities and rebuilding the entire road system (foundation, road, sidewalks and median).
• Street design- Widening the sidewalks and adding trees to improve residents’ walking conditions and quality of life.

 The project to extend the Pie-IX BRT between Pierre-De Coubertin Avenue and Notre-Dame Street East was put out to tender in spring 2022, but a financial gap was found between the applications received and the initial projections established by an independent firm.

In the interest of sound management of public funds and through adjustments made to the project timeline, terms and constraints, the project office is now able to launch a new call for tenders to complete the project on budget.

“Our government delivered the first part of the Pie-IX BRT last fall, and we have the firm intention of completing its extension to Notre-Dame Street. This new phase of the project will facilitate travel in the east of Montreal. In addition to building a connection between Laval and Montreal, the BRT will be connected to the blue line extension, which we will also complete. This is further proof our government is making public transit a real priority,” said Deputy Minister and Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility Geneviève Guilbault.

“The extension of the Pie-IX BRT between Pierre-De Coubertin Avenue and Notre-Dame Street is good news for mobility in Montréal’s east end. We must focus more than ever on public transit in our time of ecological transition, as the growing number of cars creates unsustainable pressure on our roads and increases the risks for our most vulnerable residents. Projects such as the Pie-IX BRT are necessary, and to do more, transit agencies need better funding. That’s how we will be able to provide our citizens with mobility that is ever safer and more efficient, practical, comfortable and environmentally friendly,” said Mayor of Montréal Valérie Plante.

“In addition to an increase in bus service of more than 15 percent south of Pierre-De Coubertin Avenue since the Pie-IX BRT was commissioned, Hochelaga residents will also soon be able to benefit from all that the Pie-IX BRT infrastructure has to offer: Reliability, intermodality, speed, and safety. A strategic mobility link will contribute better than anything else to the economic and social development of the neighborhood,” said Eric Alan Caldwell, chair of the STM Board of Directors