meeting of the brossard good neighbourly relations committee september 21 2016

Good Neighbourly Relations Committee Meeting City of Brossard: September 21, 2016 New Champlain Bridge Corridor Project Centre communautaire Nathalie Croteau

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Committee Members

Residents Luis Oscar Corrales Ginette Dufresne Marc Gagné Nabil Halouani Jacques Picard Jaime Reis Marc Turcotte – Representative from a community organization Éric Jutras – Member of the business community Partners Dan Genest – The Signature on the Saint-Laurent team Benoît Fillion – City of Brossard Vincent Jarry – Infrastructure Canada

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1. Provide information about the work that has been completed, is underway and planned between now and January 2017

2. Follow up on the various files under the responsibility of Infrastructure Canada

3. Answer questions, find potential solutions and discuss the issues

Objectives of the Meeting

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Agenda

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Series Item Duration Time

1. Opening 10 min. 7:00 to 7:10 pm

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Work completed, underway and to come • Eastern approach area • Hwy-10 area • Cable-stayed bridge area

40 min. 7:10 to 7:50 pm

3. Committee question period 20 min. 7:50 to 8:10 pm

4. Follow up on the various files under the responsibility of Infrastructure Canada

20 min. 8:10 to 8:30 pm

5. Committee question period 10 min. 8:30 to 8:40 pm

6. Varia 10 min. 8:40 to 8:50 pm

7. General public question period 20 min. 8:50 to 9:10 pm

8. Adjournment: next meeting and topic 5 min. 9:10 to 9:15 pm

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● Complex project, on many « fronts » at the same time, with an extremely tight schedule

● Each new manufacturing and construction activity requires a normal learning period, as well as adjustments

● First important challenge: adapt the transport strategy for the pieces coming from Québec or from the United States

● Reduction of the risk profile Bridge conception almost completed Major procurement completed Manufacturing has begun « We are emerging from water »

● High level of public interest for the bridge construction: a very visible and public project

Observations

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Work Completed over the Past Few Months

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• Summer season: solid work progress on the East Approach Pile caisson drilling and concret

East Approach Installation of cofferdams and e Formwork and concreting of the

of pier bases Abutment start

• Concerns with regards to access to t construction site and to the safety of

• Very few complaints

Overview of Completed Works

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Complaints Handling (April 29 to September 20, 2016)

Topic

Sector

Brossard

Closed Open Total

Noise 1 - 1

Air quality 1 1 2

Traffic - 1 1

Vibrations - - -

Brightness - - -

Other 3 1 4

Total 5 3 8

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Main Priorities for the Upcoming Months - South Shore

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Location of Work Areas City of Brossard

Cable-stayed bridge

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Highway 10

• Soil management

• Earthworks at the East Abutment

East Approach of the New Champlain Bridge

• Completion of the construction of footings and pier bases

• Continue the construction of the east abutment, including the building housing the electric systems

• Beginning of installation of prefabricated segments of piers and pier caps

Cable-stayed bridge

• Construction of main pylon and rear span

South Shore Priorities: September 2016 to January 2017

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Description of Activity Approximate Duration of Works

Planned Work Period

Legend: Work and Impacts

• Traffic and Public Transportation: • Proximity of Residential Areas: • Boating: • Bike Paths:

Minor impact Medium impact

Major impact

Indication by level colour code

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Key Activities Underway and to Come - East Approach

Design and planning underway so modifications are possible

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Objective: Construction of East Approach of the new Champlain Bridge

Upcoming work:

• Completion of the forming and concreting of footings and pier bases

• Continue the construction of the abutment, including the building housing the electric systems

• Placement of prefabricated segments of piers and pier caps

Approach:

• Daytime work, to the extent possible, when the impacts (especially noise levels) are significant

• Nighttime work, to the extent possible, when the impacts on daytime traffic are too significant

East Approach Area

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Nov 2015

May Nov 2016

May Nov. 2017

Nov 2018

May

East Approach: Timetable

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Feb 2016

Aug Feb 2017

Aug. Feb. 2018

Aug.

Construction of footings and pier

bases

Installation of piers and pier

caps

Assembly of superstructure and deck

Finishing work

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Works and Impacts: East Approach

Construction of footings and pier bases Duration: eight months

Projected period: February to November 2016

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17 out of 20 footings of the East Approach were concreted, and 10 are

completed with pier bases

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Works and Impacts: East Approach

Placement of prefabricated segments of piers and pier caps

Duration: eight months Projected period: Mid-October to Spring 2017

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Works and Impacts: East Approach

Construction of East Abutment’s building Duration: four months

Projected period: September to December 2016

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Works and Impacts: La

Riveraine Bike Path

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Detour of La Riveraine bike path until the summer

of 2019

DETOUR OF LA RIVERAINE BIKE PATH

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Works and Impacts: East Approach Work Site Exit

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Worker Parking

Daily flow of traffic • 20 heavy trucks •150 light vehicles

Entrance

Exit

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Key Activities Underway and to Come Highway 10

Design and planning underway so modifications are possible

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Highway 10 Area

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Objective: Area reserved for soil management for the work site and preparatory work for the reconfiguration of highway links

Upcoming work:

• Soil storage

• Earthworks at the eastern abutment

• Creation of a retaining basin for permanent drainage

• Installation of permanent anti-noise walls

Approach:

• Daytime work, to the extent possible, when the impacts (especially noise levels) are significant

• Night-time trucking from the West Approach to the East Approach

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Works and Impacts: Highway 10

Soil management and creation of a retaining basin Duration: throughout the project Projected period: 2016 to 2019

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Works and Impacts: Highway 10

Earthworks at the eastern abutment Duration: one year

Projected period: April 2016 to Spring 2017

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Key Activities Underway and to Come Cable-stayed Bridge

Design and planning underway so modifications are possible

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Cable-stayed Bridge: Timetable

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2. Pylon foundations October 2015 to April 2016 1. Jetty

August to October 2015

7. Main span March 2017 to June 2018

3. Rear span November 2015 to March 2017

6. Upper pylon November 2016 to

October 2017

4. Lower pylon May to October 2016

5. Lower crossbeam October to December 2016

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Key Activities Since the Spring of 2016

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Two footings and pier basis of the main pylon of cable-stayed bridge were concreted

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Transportation of the First Segments of the Main Pylon

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1. Arrival of the segments by van at the Port de Sorel, from St-Eugène

2. Laoding of the segments on the barge

3. The barge leaves the Port de Sorel

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4. The barge arrives at the Port de Montréal

5. The winched barge is used to go up the rapids of the Île Notre-Dame

6. Arrival of the segments at the jetty

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Key Activities Since the Spring of 2016

Installation of the first prefabricated segments of the main pylon of the cable-stayed bridge

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Works and Impacts: Seaway Bike Path

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Ponctual and short term closings in the course of the fall

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Anticipated Impacts

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Anticipated impacts

• Road traffic

• Noise

• Air quality

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Traffic

• Fall JCCBI blitz: September 10/11: Closed towards the South Shore September 17/18: Closed towards Montréal October 1/2: Closed towards the South Shore October 15/16: Closed towards Montréal

• Disruptions to come this fall

• Upcoming major disruptions for the Spring 2017:

installation of superstructure and deck above Highway 132 traffic lanes

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Configuration – Disruptions Schedule Duration

Removal of traffic signs on Marie-Victorin Boul. (East and West) October 2016 2 nights

Dismantling of jerseys – Road 132 Early November 2016 1 week

Passage of pier caps pieces End November 2016 8 nights

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Passage of Pier Caps Pieces

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Steel Pier Caps

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Passage of Pier Caps Pieces

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Passage des chevêtres

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B1: Turenne area B2: Voltaire area B3: Tisserand area

Noise Management Ar

ea Activity

Period J/S/N

Exposed sensitive

area

Ambient noise dBA

Criterion dBA

Estimatednoise dBA

Required measures

Forming and concreting of footings and pier bases J B1/B2 60/62 75 68/66 Not required

Construction of eastern abutment J B1/B2 60/62 75 62/66 Not required

Placement of prefabricated segments of piers and

pier caps J B1/B2 60/62 75 61/64 Not required

A10 Earthworks at the Eastern Abutment

J B2 62 75 73 Monitoring required

Cabl

e-st

ayed

Miscellaneous work J B1/B2 60/62 75 61/63 Not required

East

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To come To come Construction of building

J B2 62 75

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Air Quality Management

• Migitation measures : Frequent water spaying and cleaning

• Additional measures taken after exceeding levels during the

summer of 2016 : seeding, asphalting, wheel cleaning bassins, continuous cleaning and increased environmental surveillance

• Regulatory framework : Contractual environmental obligations and Clean Air Regulation (CAR)

Applicable MDDELCC standards

MDDELCC CAR

PMt PM2.5

120 ug/m3 30 ug/m3

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Follow-up on Interventions

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SSL • Date for the installations of anti-noise walls

City of Brossard • State of the pavement on the detour of the La Riveraine bike path :

observations and interventions • Extension of the anti-noise walls

Infrastructure Canada (will be discussed in the next presentation) • GHG file • Interactions with the REM Project • Follow-up with the MTQ on luminosity • Frequency of periodic revisions and acoustic studies by SSL

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Next Meetings

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• Good Neighbourly Relations Committee: January 25 (TBC) Topic: none projected

• No public information meeting is planned for the time being

Next meetings (for discussion)

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• Newsletter: sign up online

• Information sheets delivered to residents’ homes, if required, and notices in local newspapers

• Sign up / contact us: Website: www.newchamplain.ca Email: info@sslc.ca

Phone us at: (514) 876-1020 Twitter: @NOUV_CHAMPLAIN

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