Thirty-one Metropolitan stations in Montreal are in a deteriorated state
The Montreal Metro has been revealed to be in much worse shape than initially suspected, with a staggering 31 stations now deemed dilapidated. This accounts for nearly half of the network. Only last year, just nine stations received poor ratings for condition in the Quebec government's Annual Public Infrastructure Investment Management Plan.
Now, though, the document asserts that 31 metro stations are in this category, with five falling into the most critical category, "E," including Peel, De l'Église, Champ-de-Mars, Fabre, and Saint-Michel. Saint-Michel was even forced to close last fall due to an urgent safety concern.
Amélie Régis, spokesperson for the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) attributed the sudden increase to a change in methodology, claiming that it isn't a sign of quickened decay.
Here's the lowdown on the most decrepit stations (E rating): De l'Église, Peel, Champ-de-Mars, Fabre, Saint-Michel
Beware, more closures may be on the horizon "if we don't invest heavily in maintaining the assets," the STM cautions.
While other stations are also in a less dire but still poor state (D rating), they continue to operate: Angrignon, LaSalle, Place-des-Arts, Papineau, Frontenac, Cadillac, Côte-Vertu, Plamondon, Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Snowdon, Villa-Maria, Lucien-L'Allier, Square-Victoria-OACI, Place-d'Armes, Sherbrooke, Jean-Talon, Sauvé, Henri-Bourassa, Jean-Drapeau, Longueuil-Universität-de-Sherbrooke, Côte-des-Neiges, Universität-de-Montreal, Édouard-Montpetit, Acadie, Parc, D'Iberville.
When questioned about the issue in Parliament, Minister of Transport Geneviève Guilbault evaded the question regarding specific plans, stating that "never before has so much money been invested..." in the Montreal Metro. Despite the calls for additional funding from the STM for metro maintenance in the budget, the total investments proposed in the Quebec Infrastructure Plan amount to $7.94 billion over ten years in the STM.
- The Montreal Metro's poor condition was highlighted in the Quebec government's Annual Public Infrastructure Investment Management Plan, with 31 stations now categorized as dilapidated, a drastic increase from last year's nine.
- Stations in a critical state (E rating) include De l'Église, Peel, Champ-de-Mars, Fabre, and Saint-Michel, the latter of which was even forced to close last fall due to an urgent safety concern.
- Amélie Régis, spokesperson for the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), attributed the sudden increase in poor-condition stations to a change in methodology, claiming it isn't a sign of quickened decay.
- The STM cautions that more closures may be on the horizon "if we don't invest heavily in maintaining the assets," while stations with a less dire but still poor state (D rating) continue to operate, totaling 17 in the Montreal Metro network.
