Rail capacity expansion project
This project will increase rail freight capacity to support the growth of the metropolitan region and the Canadian economy.
View the latest Information letter on the ongoing works.
Project overview
The Port of Montreal's rail network currently has close to 100 km of track to serve the fourteen terminals. Each year, it transports 2,500 km of railcars.
Project works include:
- Installation of 6 km of additional railroad tracks and switches
- Complementary work to develop the internal rail network.
- Relocation of the Port Road
$18.3 million in financial support from the Government of Quebec under its Maritime Strategy $18.4 million in financial support from the Government of Canada to optimize its intermodal network under the National Trade Corridor Fund. Awarding of the mandate to increase rail capacity to the firm CIMA+. As sustainability is at the core of the MPA's business processes, the project team identified several measures that will make it possible to improve the project on this front. They include: Phase 1: sections 39 to 44 Phase 2: sections 32 to 39 Phase 3: sections 24 to 32Project timeline
May 2017
April 2018
June 2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Mitigation measures
Once the Environmental Effects Evaluation is completed, the MPA team expects that the construction work will not have notable impacts on cohabitation with the adjacent neighbourhoods.
However, to avoid impacts on the surrounding population, mitigation measures have been included in the project and will be closely monitored and adjusted as needed. A resource person will be specifically assigned to carry out this monitoring as part of the project. Here are some of the planned mitigation measures:
- Limit work at night (from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.), including deliveries of equipment or materials
- Institute a sound management program and monitor noise levels during construction, including spot monitoring of the noise climate at the start of new phases or at the peak of the project works
- Require that all vehicles and moving equipment are equipped with broadband (white noise) back-up alarms, subject to compliance with safety standards
- Take all necessary precautions to minimize the general noise level by ensuring optimal operating and maintenance conditions of the equipment used, including maintenance of the exhaust system of all vehicles or equipment
- Thoroughly maintain the paved roads used by trucks and, as needed, use appropriate dust suppressants on the unpaved roads
- Cover all granular material stored on site
- Keep damp during operations any materials likely to emit particles (excavation and earthmoving, demolition, crushing, conveying, loading, etc.)