Metro Headaches

The city’s transit authority rejected a proposal on Tuesday. Instead it will proceed with its original shuttle-bus arrangement regarding the Villa Maria metro station. The orange line metro cars won’t be stopping at the station for three months due to renovations. This decision is due to costs and limited availability of extra buses in its fleet.

Because of traffic rules, the shuttle service will run northbound along Decarie Boulevard and turn right at Cote Sainte Catherine Road. It will turn south on Victoria street with a passenger stop at the Cote Sainte Catherine metro station.   Then the shuttle will head farther down for a Snowdon station drop-off and pickup before returning to Villa Maria.

The two million dollar renovations will begin on Monday.