Tunnel linking Vendme metro to MUHC coming by 2019

Quebec's Transport Ministry has announced plans to create a new pedestrian link between the VendmeMetro station and the MUHC.

• Temporary Vendme-MUHC tunnel opening raises accessibility questions
• STM to offer adapted transit shuttle to MUHC from Lionel-Groulx

The universally accessible tunnelwill be made possible by the construction of an extension of the VendmeMetro stationbuilding.

Quebec is funding the costof the project, which is $76.5 million.

A temporaryVendme-MUHC tunnel unveiled in June came undercriticism for stopping a few hundred metres short of the entrance of the hospital.

The $5-million tunnel is alsonot wheelchair accessible.

As a result,the STM setup a new wheelchair-accessibleroute, called the 77 Lionel-Groulx/MUHC,earlier this year.

Construction is expected to begin in April 2017 and is expected to becompleted by end of summer 2019.