At the request of the Commission de consultation sur l'amélioration de la mobilité entre Montreal et la Rive-Sud, Novaroute has proposed a bi-modal tunnel beneath the St. Lawrence river to reduce congestion on the Champlain Bridge and speed up transportation between Montreal and the South Shore. The tunnel would run from Highway 10 on the South Shore to the Technoparc on the Montreal side and would have two separate levels, the first for public transit and the second for cars and light trucks. Cost estimated at approximately $800 million. The project would take four years. Novaroute is a consortium including Axor, Quebec's leading design and build firm, Sintra, Quebec's leading road construction and civil engineering firm, and Bouygues of France. 09/02.
