It’s a go for the Châteauguay terminal worksite

Promised for years, the project to convert the Châteauguay incentive parking lot into a real terminal is coming together. 

Translation Amanda Bennett

The worksite for the project, which is estimated at $42.8M, got officially underway this week and will continue on until 2024. 

Users of the incentive parking lot on Saint-Jean-Baptiste will not see any impacts in the short term, given that work is currently being undertaken on the lot adjacent to the current parking lot. 

“A portion of the parking lot will be fenced in, so it will not affect users as there are still several parking spaces available. The current bus loop will only be closed in the spring of 2023 during its reconstruction,” informed Jean-Maxime St-Hilaire, Exo Media Relations Advisor. 

A ticket wicket and 10 bus transfer stations. 

The major terminal redesign project aims to offer all of Exo’s services in one site and enhance the site’s amenities,” explained Sylvain Yelle, Exo’s Director General. 

Châteauguay Mayor Eric Allard, salutes the beginning of the terminal work. “It is undeniable  that public transit needs to occupy a greater place in Châteauguay,” he explained on Facebook. “The redesign of the incentive parking is a step in the right direction. We need to reorganize the service offer so that it aligns with the new installations.”

The terminal in a nutshell

There will be a building to house a ticket wicket, an information centre and an indoor heated waiting area that will be equipped with restrooms. The existing bus loop with only one transfer zone will be expanded to 10 zones and will include an awning to protect users from inclement weather. The project also has new urban furniture, a loading zone for adapted transportation and a 
“drop-off zone” .

With the new terminal, the buses, cars, and users will no longer share the same entrance. A new road will be built close to Rodrigue and  boulevard Saint-Jean-Baptiste. The work site for this infrastructure has  begun and road users can already observe impediments on boulevard Saint-Jean-Baptiste.

The Ministry of Transport indicated that the work would continue until mid-October.