Taylor Clark

LJI Reporter

A new face has joined the Société de transport de l’Outaouais board of directors. Catherine Craig-St-Louis, who recently joined municipal council as the Carrefour-de-l’Hôpital district councillor, replaced Rivière-Blanche district councillor Jean Lessard after reshuffling within the City’s committees and commissions.

“As the former project director and coordinator of the Gatineau office of Vivre en Ville, Ms. Craig-St-Louis will bring great expertise to the table in terms of sustainable mobility in Gatineau,” wrote the board’s vice-president Edmond Leclerc in a press release.

Craig-St-Louis was sworn into council alongside the City’s new mayor Maude Marquis Bissonnette on June 18 after winning their seats in the by-election. The new municipal councillor was recently appointed chair of the Commission sur les transports, les déplacements durables et la sécurité, making three of its 10 members Société de transport de l’Outaouais representatives.

The Société de transport de l’Outaouais board consists of seven directors appointed by the City. Five of the positions are filled by municipal councillors, while the other two are chosen from Gatineau’s residents to represent users of regular and paratransit services.

“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Jean Lessard for his contribution to the (Société de transport de l’Outaouais) and the many projects carried out by our board of directors since fall 2021, including the Rapibus extension project to the east,” wrote Leclerc.

Photo caption: Recently elected Carrefour-de-l’Hôpital district Catherine Craig-St-Louis joins the ranks of the Société de transport de l’Outaouais board of directors.

Photo credit: Société de transport de l’Outaouais Website