New safety measures put in place on Mount Royal after cyclist dies

New measures are in place to increase safety on Mount Royal, following following last week’s death of an 18-year-old cyclist who was struck by a vehicle making an illegal U-turn.

According to the City of Montreal the measures include:

• Extending the central median around the lookout area over a distance of 30 metres after the curve.
• Adding road signage at various locations to strongly establish U-turns prohibited
• Information signs at the bottom and top of Camillien-Houde Way reminding drivers that U-turns are prohibited on the mountain
• Installing a digital speed monitor  at the end of the curve

La Ville de Montréal met en place des mesures provisoires de sécurisation dans la voie Camillien-Houde https://t.co/vTgA2qH9S7

— DenisCoderre (@DenisCoderre) October 11, 2017

On October 4, Clément Ouimet was hit by a SUV that made a U-turn as he was going downhill on a curve near the lookout on Camillien-Houde.

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