Turmoil on St. Jacques St.

This St. Jacques St. entrance to the eastbound Ville Marie Expressway will be closed permanently in 2013.

Transport Quebec says it will be replaced with a new eastbound entrance to Ville Marie down on Pullman St.

But that new on-ramp will be built as part of the new Turcot Interchange, due to be completed in 2017

The St. Jacques St. exit of the westbound Ville Marie Expressway will be closed from the fall of 2013 to the winter of 2015.

Transport Quebec says this is being done to reduce the amount of traffic coming off the Ville Marie while the St. Jacques St. overpass above the Décarie Expressway is being demolished and replaced.

This off-ramp was recently rebuilt and only reopened in August after being closed for seven months.

Transport Quebec will completely close the St. Jacques St. overpass above the Décarie Expressway between the fall of 2013 and the winter of 2015,.

The overpass, between Addington and Prud’Homme Aves., will be demolished and rebuilt. Its piers must be moved before the new Turcot Interchange can be built, Transport Quebec says.