THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BEGIN ON MAY 30
TH AT 7:00 P.M.
Québec, May 15, 2007
– The commission of the Bureau d’audiences
publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE), made up
of Mr. Pierre André, chair, and Mr. Jean-Claude
Panisset, commissioner, is holding the first part
of the public hearing on the Project to improve
the road network in Vaudreuil-Dorion by the
City of Vaudreuil-Dorion. The public hearing
will begin at 7:00 p.m.on
May 30, 2007 at Salle Très-Sainte-Trinité
(church basement) located at 145, avenue Saint-Charles
in Vaudreuil-Dorion. The sessions will continue on
the following days, depending on the needs of the
public and the commission.
A hearing in two parts
Obtaining information
The public hearing will take place
in two parts. In the presence of the proponent and
resource persons invited to answer participants’
questions, the first part will allow the public and
the commission to obtain information about the project
in order to learn more about it and examine all its
aspects.
Voicing opinions
During the second part of the public
hearing that will begin on June 27, 2007, at the same
location, the commission will obtain the public’s
opinion and suggestions. The commission will hear
any person, group, organization or municipality wishing
to express an opinion on the project, be it in the
form of a brief or an oral presentation.
The commission has a maximum period
of four months to complete its mandate. The BAPE report
will be submitted to Ms. Line Beauchamp, Minister
of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks,
by September 22, 2007 at the latest. Thereafter, the
Minister will have 60 days to make the report public.
Where can project documentation
be consulted?
You can consult the documents pertaining
to the project at the BAPE office in Québec
City, at the Central Library of Université
du Québec à Montréal, as well
as at the Bibliothèque municipale de
Vaudreuil-Dorion, located at 51, avenue Jeannotte.
You can also obtain details about
the project by consulting the BAPE website at the
following address: www.bape.gouv.qc.ca.
The project
The City of Vaudreuil-Dorion is planning
to build three separate road infrastructures within
the city’s perimeter. The project would consist
of broadening to four lanes Rue Félix-Leclerc,
over a distance of about 2 km, as well as Boulevard
de la Cité des Jeunes, over a distance of about
1.5 km, between Autoroute 540 and the Canadian
Pacific railway line. In addition, Avenue André-Chartrand
would be extended in a new four-lane north-south axis
over a length of about 2 km between Boulevard de la
Cité des Jeunes and Route Harwood. This infrastructure
would have three main structures, namely a bridge
just over 20 m in length to cross Quinchien River
and two railway bridges to cross the Canadian Pacific
and Canadian National railway corridors. The project
also provides for the laying out of two bicycle paths
on the sides of Boulevard de la Cité des Jeunes
and of Avenue André-Chartrand.
The City estimates the project’s
construction cost to be about $32 million and anticipates
the entry into service of Rue Félix-Leclerc
for 2007-2008, that of Boulevard de la Cité
des Jeunes for 2012, and that of Avenue André-Chartrand
for 2016.
For more information, feel free
to contact Ms. Monique Gélinas, commission
secretariat coordinator by calling (418) 643-7447
or the following toll-free number: 1 800 463-4732.
You can also get in touch with the commission by e-mail
at the following address: vaudreuil-dorion@bape.gouv.qc.ca
.
What is the bape?
The BAPE is a public information
and consultation organization that allows citizens
to express their views on a given project and to take
part in the decision-making process, which may or
may not lead to the authorization of a project. The
BAPE carries out the mandates entrusted to it by the
Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and
Parks, notably the public information and consultation
mandate lasting 45 days, the public hearing mandate
which may last up to 4 months, and the mediation mandate
lasting about 2 months.
In response to the requests for a
public hearing submitted to the Minister of Sustainable
Development, Environment and Parks by citizens, groups,
organizations or municipalities, the BAPE has been
mandated to hold a public hearing on the Project
to improve the road network in Vaudreuil-Dorion.
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Source : Julie Olivier, communications
advisor
418 643-7447 ext. 539 or 1 800 463-4732
vaudreuil-dorion@bape.gouv.qc.ca
