Montreal’s Fullum, Parthenais and De Rouen to become one-way streets
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Portions of three streets in Montreal's Ville-Marie borough near the spot where a seven-year-old Ukrainian girl was killed in a hit-and-run will become one-way only this fall.
Portions of three streets in Montreal will become one-way only in the Ville-Marie borough, in the area surrounding the spot where a seven-year-old girl from Ukraine was killed in a hit-and-run in December.
“When you do this combined with other measures, it’s a lot about limiting people using neighbourhoods like this one as a shortcut,” said Montreal mayor Valérie Plante.
Fullum street will become one-way only northbound, between Ontario and Sherbrooke.
Parthenais street will also be one-way only northbound between De Rouen and Sherbrooke.
De Rouen street will be one-way only towards the east, between Fullum and D’Iberville streets.
Plante says the measures were already in the plans but Mariia Legenkovska’s death near the intersection of Parthenais and De Rouen accelerated the implementation.
Legenkovska had come to Canada with her family to flee the war in Ukraine. Her death served as a wake-up call for many.
“The intersection where Mariia was hit — there’s just going to be far fewer cars that are going to be passing through here, so the risks are going to decrease,” said Chris McCray, a member of the Collectif Apaisement Pour Sainte-Marie.