Rosemont schools get traffic-calming streets by 2029
The borough is converting streets to one-way and narrowing lanes around a dozen schools to improve pedestrian safety and cut vehicle traffic.
Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie is moving forward with an ambitious plan to reshape streets around schools and eliminate car traffic from more than a dozen school zones by 2029.
Mayor François Limoges unveiled the Quartiers-écoles (Neighbourhood Schools) program Wednesday, a multi-year initiative that prioritizes student safety and pedestrian access over vehicle flow. The first phase begins this year with changes in three areas across the borough.
Near La Petite-Patrie Elementary, Drolet Street will become one-way heading south, and Henri-Julien Avenue will reverse direction northbound between Mozart and de Bellechasse. Further east, Holt and Dandurand streets will become one-way between D'Iberville and Pie-IX Boulevard — changes designed to calm traffic around Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf, Sainte-Bibiane, and Saint-François-Solano schools.
Additional modifications are planned near Rose-des-Vents and Louis-Hébert schools, where 5th, 6th, and 8th avenues will be reconfigured to create safer environments. Limoges said similar traffic-calming measures will roll out around every school in the borough within three years, with support from the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal and local parents.