MEDIA ADVISORY - Highway 20 Gap: Elected Officials, Business Leaders and Citizens Unite to End More Than 60 Years of Waiting

VAUDREUIL-DORION, QC, Sept. 3, 2026 /CNW/ -- 

DATE: Tuesday, September 8, 2026
TIME: 11:00 a.m.
LOCATION: Opticentre - 145 Harwood Boulevard, Vaudreuil-Dorion, QC J7V 1Y3
Parking available via de la Fabrique Avenue

To ensure the safety of all participants and facilitate media coverage and photography, the press conference has been scheduled to coincide with the presence of a school crossing guard.

As Quebec approaches its next general election and prepares the next Quebec Infrastructure Plan (QIP), partners of L'inachevée (The Unfinished One) campaign invite media representatives to attend a press conference calling for the inclusion of the missing 7-kilometre section of Highway 20 among the priorities of the next Government of Quebec.

More than 60 years after Highway 20 first opened, this critical segment remains incomplete between Vaudreuil-Dorion and the Island of Montreal, crossing Île Perrot. Each year, more than 21.5 million vehicles are forced to travel along an urban boulevard controlled by 10 traffic lights. Municipal leaders, representatives of the business community and local citizens will join forces to urge political parties and the next provincial government to move forward with this long-awaited project, in accordance with the recommendations outlined in the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility's most recent opportunity study.

Speakers

• Patrick Bousez, Warden of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM and Mayor of Rivière-Beaudette;
• Danie Deschênes, President of Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Mayor of Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot and representative of the mayors of Île Perrot;
• Paul Dumoulin, Mayor of Vaudreuil-Dorion;
• Mélanie Bossée, President of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
• Me Pierre Séguin and Odette Lalonde, representatives of the citizens' committee Pour une vraie 20 ("For a Real Highway 20").

Media representatives are kindly requested to confirm their attendance by emailing [email protected].

SOURCE Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges

Source and information : Audrey Bourgon Touchette, Director, Communications and Tourism Promotion, Développement Vaudreuil-Soulanges, [email protected] | 450-424-2262