Expect roadwork to ramp up just as everyone is back at school and work.
Besides the usual trouble spots such as the Turcot Interchange, near the Champlain Bridge and the Bonaventure Expressway, expect traffic jams at the interchange of Highways 13 and 40 - prep work will begin this fall for the light rail project (REM) on Highway 40 near Henri-Bourassa.
Work on the REM will also disrupt traffic on McGill College Avenue, Griffintown and the Panama bus terminus where a third of the 1500 parking spaces will disappear. Officials are looking for alternative replacements for at least some of those spots.
The big trouble area downtown will be the area around Viger Square which is being redone - that will impact Berri, St. Denis, Viger and St. Antoine. This will begin in October and last until 2021.
Another project starting this fall next month and lasting into next year is on Lacordaire between the Metropolitain and Bourdaloue.
Maintenance work will continue on the île-aux-Tourtes Bridge off the western tip of the island.
The good news is that about half of the 16 roadwork projects in Montreal are almost done, five of which are even ahead of schedule: de la Savane, Côte-St-Luc, Notre Dame East, St. Michel and Dickson.