Transport

This story has been updated from its original version to add further details from police.  A single-vehicle crash on Hwy. 148 in Luskville yesterday afternoon (July 10) caused some alarm, after at least one local resident was told by police that it contained radioactive material. The crash took place at around 3:40 p.m. near 1913 […]

Motorists cruising through Mansfield-et-Pontefract on Hwy. 148 should take heed that the speed limit has been lowered to 50 km/h as of today (July 2). In a French-language interview, MTQ representative Jeanne Séguin-Laflamme gave CHIP 101.9 more details about the change. The full (French-language) interview with Séguin-Laflamme is available here.

Ontario Power Generation is advising motorists that the interprovincial bridge near the Chenaux generating station in Portage-du-Fort will be closed overnight twice next week. The bridge will be closed between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. on Wednesday and Thursday (June 26 and 27). The statement notes that these dates are subject to change, and drivers […]

Quebec’s Ministry of Transportation is advising motorists that a section of rue Front in Campbell’s Bay will be completely closed this week. The portion between rue Pontiac and rue Ringrose will be closed from Monday to Friday this week (June 10 to 14). On the ministry’s website, the reason given for the closure is the […]

MRC Pontiac issued a press release on May 30 announcing that chemin du Bois Franc (known locally as the Jim’s Lake Road), will be closed to traffic at kilometer 87 for several hours on Wednesday June 5, as crews replace a culvert. The statement notes that the work will start in the morning and circulation […]

Earlier this month, the federal government announced an investment of more than $1.2 million for repairs and upgrades to the interprovincial bridge between the far-flung municipality of Rapides-des-Joachims and Rolphton Ont. The crossing over the Ottawa River is the sole access point for the small island community, and construction is expected to begin on May […]

Local public transportation non-profit TransporAction Pontiac held their annual general meeting on April 25 at their office in Campbell’s Bay. The group has busses and vans that make regular runs as well as a host of volunteer drivers who take individuals to their appointments, known as adapted transport. Director Sylvie Bertrand explained that they’d seen […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on April 17, the public heard from a local youth, Sid Sharpe, about a long-standing safety issue at a busy pedestrian crossing. In Shawville, what’s known as rue Centre is also a provincial highway, Rte. 303 N, a high-traffic route transecting the entire town. Its intersection with […]

A young man from North Bay is expected to face several criminal charges following a single-vehicle crash on Hwy. 148 outside of Quyon on Sunday afternoon. According to a social media statement from MRC des Collines Police, at around 6:20 p.m. on March 31 emergency crews were called to a crash on the highway near […]

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the Pontiac region, as a mix of snow and rain is predicted to begin tomorrow (April 3). “A low pressure system developing over Colorado will intensify over the next few days and affect the province of Quebec beginning Wednesday afternoon,” the statement reads. “Precipitation will be […]