Your drive downtown from the West Island will never be the same, but as you get ready for day one of your new future, Mother Nature has a few surprises in store.
As of now, the four-lane eastbound Ville-Marie from the Turcot Interchange and Guy St. is closed, and will eventually be torn down.
All drivers heading east on Highway 20, or south on the Decarie Expressway (Highway 15 south) will be forced on to the brand new two-lane Route 136. The highway will remain two-lanes until an expansion is completed, currently planned for 2018.
The new configuration, with its reduction in lanes, is likely going to make the morning rush even more troublesome than usual.
More so than ever Transport Quebec is urging commuters to use public transportation and leave their cars at home.
To try and help with the congestion, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) has setup a shuttle bus service that will run from the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) new park-and-ride lot (which has 300 spots) at the corner of Sainte-Croix and Dion, near the Highway 40 and Highway 15 junction.
The shuttle will run from 6:30 A.M. to 9:30 A.M. and from 3:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. every 15 minutes, and is expected to take 10 minutes to arrive at the du Collège métro station on the Orange line.
The cost of the service will be entirely borne by Mobility Montréal.
If reduced lanes weren't enough to make you want to call in sick, the city's first continued snowfall may have you reaching for the phone.
The city is expected to see about two to four centimetres of snow today, and road conditions will likely be wet and possibly slippery after an overnight full of mixed precipitation.
The majority of Montrealers have likely not been to the garage yet to switch over to winter tires, potentially making conditions that much worse.
Give yourself plenty of time to get to work, drive safe and make sure your car's windshield washer fluid is fully topped up before leaving.