Place Cavendish.

By Joel Ceausu
The Suburban

Cavendish is getting a fence.

Côte-des-Neiges—Notre Dame de Grâce borough council approved a motion to install 287 metres of fencing on the Cavendish median between Sherbrooke and the de Maisonneuve overpass this year.

Cavendish is a major axis with two lanes of traffic in a north/south direction and this is a section with dense vehicle and pedestrian traffic. There are also bus stops on both sides of the boulevard as well as businesses and several apartment buildings with many pedestrians needing to cross east/west and vice versa.

In December 2022, a teenage girl was seriously injured after she was struck by a vehicle while illegally crossing opposite Place Cavendish. It was determined that a fence could improve the safety of pedestrians on the block by encouraging them to cross at the Sherbrooke intersection or using the de Maisonneuve overpass.

The project consists of installing new fences of approximately 287 linear metres; and if required, reconstruction of sections of the central concrete median, repair of water works and interventions on urban technical networks.

The borough will design and execute the work and the central city, responsible for the Cavendish artery, will assume the estimated $495,000 cost. A call for tenders is expected in March with a contract awarded in April and completion of work this summer. n