Technical Tours Schedule and Descriptions

General Information

No technical tours scheduled for Monday, October 6.
All times are given in local time (ET).
Participants must bring their own steel-toed footwear, when they are required.
All other personal protective equipment will be provided by the Ministère des transports et de la Mobilité durable du Québec.
Registration for technical tours opens June 17. Only one tour is permitted per registration, as seats are limited.

If you have any questions or need additional information, contact us at conference@tac-atc.ca.

Find a Tour

Sunday Tours

Traffic Management Center

The Traffic Management Center ensures effective management of the Ministry’s road network, both in terms of prevention and intervention, to ensure user safety and facilitate province-wide travel. Operating 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, this essential service monitors the network, alerts emergency services and supports recovery operations.

Tuesday Tours

Autoroute Henri-IV (A73) in Québec City – Landscape, architectural and environmental features

A three-stop tour featuring major environmental and architectural interventions:

Boulevard Des Quatre-Bourgeois bridge: integrated design to reduce the urban divide
Charest/Henri-IV retention basin: simulated wildlife habitat
Félix-Leclerc/Henri-IV basins: award-winning ecological design (PIARC 2019)
Integrated landscaping with topography, planting and visual structures

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required:

Provided: Hard hat and safety vest
Not provided: Steel-toed footwear

Adding Reserved Lanes

Joint STLévis and City of Lévis project to add reserved lanes on boulevard Guillaume-Couture, including:

3 km road widening (in two sections)
Improving public transit fluidity
Addition of bike paths and sidewalks
Observation of completed sections and work in progress

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required:

Provided: Hard hat and safety vest
Not provided: Steel-toed footwear

Île d'Orléans – New Bridge Project

Site visit with focus on:

Challenges related to a heritage and natural site
Temporary marine structures (jetties, booms, barges)
Temporary installation of liquid stabilizer
Environmental mitigation measures

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required:

Provided: safety vest, safety glasses, gloves and type-2 hard hat with chinstrap
Not provided: steel-toed footwear

Bridgehead Construction Site

Tour of construction projects in the Aquarium du Québec vicinity, including:

Redevelopment of avenue des Hôtels into an urban boulevard with a bus corridor
Multi-purpose trail along Route 175
Viewpoint overlooking the northern approach to the Pont de Québec
Two overpasses spanning the railway line
New pedestrian link between Avenue des Hôtels and the Via Rail station
Bus tunnel in the Laurier sector

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required:

Provided: Hard hat and safety vest
Not provided: Steel-toed footwear

Pavement Laboratory – Research Complex

Tour the laboratory facilities, equipment, and tests used for research, development, and quality control of infrastructure materials.

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required:

Provided: Safety glasses
Not provided: Steel-toed footwear

Intelligent Mobility Management Center

Quebec City’s Intelligent Mobility Management Centre (Centre de gestion de la mobilité intelligente – CGMI) manages traffic signals and intelligent transportation equipment in real time to facilitate mobility across the municipal road network.

The CGMI engineers and technicians use a state-of-the-art centralized traffic signal management system, the first of its kind in Canada. This system enables instantaneous intervention to reduce the frequency and duration of congestion events.

Wednesday Tours

Rue de la Faune Construction Site

Work on bridges P-20178E/W:

Backfilling in progress with observation of techniques and materials
Exposed deck slab (uncovered), underside visible
Formwork and reinforcement for transition slabs (possible)

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required:

Provided: Hard hat, safety vest and safety glasses
Not provided: Steel-toed footwear

Québec Government Air Service (SAG)

Presentation of SAG’s services, with a tour of the Quebec City hangar and a presentation by Lynda Roy, General Manager, including:

Forest fire fighting (SOFEU)
Search and Rescue (SQ)
Medical transport (ÉVAQ)
Charter services for government departments and agencies

40 Construction Site (Masson / l’Ormière)

Tour of roadway and bridge rehabilitation work on Autoroute Félix-Leclerc (A-40), in the Rivière Saint-Charles and Masson / L’Ormière boulevards sectors, including:

Reconstruction of four roadway bridges
Refurbishment of concrete pavement, lighting and fibre optics
Construction of two temporary bridges and road segment to maintain traffic flow
Recovery of materials and invasive plant management

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required:

Provided: Hard hat, safety vest and safety glasses
Not provided: Steel-toed footwear

Pierre-Laporte Bridge

Tour of the Pierre-Laporte Bridge, Canada’s longest suspension bridge, including the steel deck structure and anchor chambers.

Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) required:

Provided: Hard hat with chinstrap, class 2 orange safety vest, gloves and safety glasses
Not provided: Eight-inch steel-toed safety boots

Tour day to be announced

Bike Tour

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