Public consultations on the environmental assessment for the new bridge for the St. Lawrence

MONTREAL, April 2, 2013 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada is moving forward with plans to build a new bridge for the St. Lawrence and invites interested persons to attend open houses on the environmental assessment. The open houses will be held in the Montreal region from April 14 to 22, 2013.

They are an opportunity for people to receive more information, meet experts and comment on the effects of the project on the environment, as well as the proposed mitigation measures that are the subject of the second part of the environmental assessment report. This report is available on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency's website at http://www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca/050/documents-eng.cfm?evaluation=65574&type=5.

The Government of Canada will also accept written comments until May 19, 2013.

More information on the open houses is included in the attached backgrounder.

For more information about the new bridge for the St. Lawrence, please visit www.tc.gc.ca/nbfsl.

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BACKGROUNDER

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Open houses on the environmental assessment of the new bridge for the St. Lawrence

The environmental assessment for this project began on January 22, 2012. It examines the project's impacts on the environment and proposes ways to mitigate them. It will also influence the bridge design and construction techniques and will help guide decisions that respect the environment.

An initial series of open houses on the description of the project and the environment was held in December 2012. The second series of open houses on the effects of the project on the environment and the proposed mitigation measures will take place in April 2013 at the following locations:

BROSSARD	ÎLE DES SOEURS	SUD-OUEST
Sociocultural Centre 7905 San Francisco Ave Brossard, Quebec J4X 2A4	Elgar Community Centre 260 Elgar St. Verdun, Quebec  H3E 1C9	CEDA (Comité d'éducation aux adultes de la Petite-Bourgogne et de St-Henri) 2515 Delisle St. Montreal, Quebec  H3J 1K8
Sunday, April 14, 2013 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.	Friday, April 19, 2013 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.	Sunday, April 21, 2013 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday, April 15, 2013 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.	Saturday, April 20, 2013 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.	Monday, April 22, 2013 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The second part of the environmental assessment report is now available on the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency's website at www.ceaa-acee.gc.ca.

We welcome your written comments on topics covered in the second part of the report and during the open houses until May 19, 2013. We will take these comments into consideration during the next steps of the environmental assessment.

For more information or to share your comments:

SOURCE: Transport Canada

Media Relations
Transport Canada, Ottawa
613-993-0055

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