Rehabilitation Hickson Avenue and Union Boulevard

Rehabilitation Hickson Avenue and Union Boulevard

In the summer of 2025 and 2026, the Ville de Saint-Lambert will rebuild Hickson Avenue and Union Boulevard, as well as the sections of Osborne, Prince-Arthur and Queen Boulevard between Edison and Bétournay avenues.

The work will involve replacing sewer and water mains, as well as repaving and rebuilding sidewalks.

We are conscious of the inconveniences caused by such a major project and how they will disrupt your daily life. We would therefore like to help you prepare for the work.

Phasing and schedule

Work will be carried out in two phases over two years.

Hickson/union works phase

Phase 1 schedule (2025)

Two teams will work simultaneously on the site. Each team will work on specific sections. The schedule varies slightly from section to section.

  • Section 1
    • End of May: Preliminary work (installation of temporary water supply system, tree felling, pruning, demolition, signage, etc.).
    • Early June to mid-August: Sewer, aqueduct and pavement structure work
    • From mid-August: Sidewalk, paving and surface repair work
    • Summer 2026: Second layer of paving
  • Section 2
    • Mid-June: Preliminary work (installation of temporary aqueduct network, tree felling, pruning, demolition, signage, etc.).
    • End of June to end of August: Sewer, aqueduct and pavement structure work
    • From end of August: Sidewalk, paving and surface repair work
    • Summer 2026: Second paving layer

Traffic

The work area will be closed to traffic as soon as demolition begins. For the 2025 work phase, the planned detour route will use the following streets:

  • Riverside Street, between Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier Boulevard and Edison Avenue
  • Avenue Edison, between Riverside and Osborne streets
  • Rue Osborne, between Edison and Stanley avenues
  • Avenue Stanley, between rue Osborne and avenue Victoria
  • Avenue Victoria, between avenue Stanley and boulevard Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier
  • Boulevard Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier, between avenue Victoria and rue Riverside

The use of Stanley avenue is required due to occasional interventions planned at intersections with Edison avenue. We invite motorists to respect the signs in place and follow the detour signs.

Detour route

With few exceptions, local traffic will be possible for residents in the construction zone, but the access route may vary according to the progress of the work.

Neighbourhood residents

The reconstruction of a street is a complex operation involving several companies, and it disrupts people’s lives. We invite you to consult the Practical information during roadwork page, which will offer practical tips to ensure your daily routine remains as unaffected as possible.

If you wish to carry out renovation work on your home this summer, we invite you to consider the inconveniences caused by this major roadwork when planning your project. Remember that, among other things, when excavation work is underway to replace the pipes and rebuild the sidewalks in front of your home, it will be temporarily impossible to access your home with a vehicle. This type of work usually takes 10 working days.

During this roadwork, the entire street will be rebuilt, including replacing the water supply mains, sewer pipes, roadway, and sidewalks. You might want to undertake certain projects, which will be easier to do at this time, such as:

Sewer pipes and water supply mains

The Ville de Saint-Lambert will replace the water supply mains and sewer pipes up to the right-of-way of your property.

If you think there is a problem with your private water supply mains or the sewer pipes that run between your home and the property line, or that they might be obsolete, this would be a good time to replace them after the end of the rehabilitation works.

Driveway

If you would like to change the configuration of your curb and driveway entrance, this would also be a good time to schedule such work. You must apply to the Urban Planning, Permits and Inspection Department for a permit before June 30, 2025, so that we can take it into account when rebuilding the sidewalks.

For more information or to plan one or more of these projects, please contact the Urban Planning, Permits and Inspection Department at 450-672-4444 or at urbanisme@saint-lambert.ca.

We invite you to contact the Engineering Management division at 450 672-4444 or at genie@saint-lambert.ca.

News

The information on this page will be continually updated. We invite you to check it regularly for progress reports on the work.

The project will begin on Monday, June 2. Crews will start preliminary work (temporary water main, tree removal, pruning, demolition, signage, etc.).

Local access signage will also be installed for residents in the area, who will have access to their properties at all times. Other motorists are asked to follow the detour route.

We will keep you informed as the work progresses.

In preparation for the start of the rehabilitation work, we will be cutting down the trees in the median strip of Union Boulevard, between Queen Boulevard and Victoria Avenue.


This work will take place from Monday May 12 to Wednesday May 14. In the event of rain, work will be rescheduled for the following day. For safety reasons, this work will force the complete closure of the section concerned, between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., for each of these three days.

You can listen or listen again to the December 4 information session on our Youtube account. You can also view the presentation given at the event and the trees condition plans.

We will be holding an information session on Wednesday, December 4, at 7 p.m., at the multi-purpose centre (81, Hooper Street) to present this project to the public. You can also watch the meeting live on our YouTube page.

During this information session, we will explain the key aspects of the project and present the projected plans and timeline. We will also give you some practical tips to ensure that your daily routine remains manageable and endeavour to answer any questions you may have

On June The Ville de Saint-Lambert invited the residents of Union Boulevard facing the park to present two possible options for configuring the street at their level. These options are in direct line with the plan selected for the future rehabilitation of the rest of Union Boulevard. The presentation is available for consultation by clicking here (in French).

The City Council heard the comments and Option 1 was selected.

Boulevard union parc

On June 21, 2023, the Ville de Saint-Lambert held a public consultation concerning the rehabilitation work on Union Boulevard and Hickson Avenue.

During the consultation, a presentation of the infrastructure rehabilitation project (median, sewers, aqueducts, roadway and sidewalks) was given to the residents in attendance, who were also able to hear the opinions of experts, including a landscape architect and a forestry engineer, on the various development scenarios analyzed for this boulevard. The presentation is available for consultation by clicking here (in French).

The Council then reviewed the file at its public meeting on July 4, 2023, and on several occasions since. Then, on May 26, 2024, residents were informed of the option that had been chosen. It is an option that leaves plenty of room for cool zones.


Option retenue

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