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The STM wishes to inform its clientele that the work required to make Lionel-Groulx station accessible to persons with reduced mobility will start on March 4, 2008 and will end in March 2009. This work consists of installing three elevators that will provide access to the ticket booth level, then to the upper platform (directions Montmorency and Honoré-Beaugrand) and finally to the lower platform (directions Côte-Vertu and Angrignon). The installation of the three elevators will require the enlargement of the north-side entrance (Saint-Jacques Street), which will be entirely integrated into the present building architecture. In addition, 76 parking spaces for bicycles will be installed. The station will remain open during its normal hours. However, the escalators could be stopped occasionally. Notices will be posted on site. The drilling of the concrete will be done as of the month of March. For reasons of security and comfort, the work sites on the two levels will be enclosed by plywood walls so as to reduce the inconvenience caused by the noise. These work sites will be located in the central part of each level, towards the middle of the platforms. The installation of the elevator on the ticket booth level will necessitate the moving of the work of art entitled L’arbre de vie by a few metres. On the upper level, the middle escalator leading to the lower platform will be blocked off, and transit users will have to make their way to either end of the platform to take the other escalators or the stairway. The work to enlarge the entrance will begin in April. It should be noted that, with the three stations in Laval being the only ones equipped with elevators, Lionel-Groulx station will become the first accessible station on Montréal territory. Subsequently, between now and 2010, Berri-UQAM, Bonaventure, Henri-Bourassa and Côte-Vertu stations will also be equipped with elevators.
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