Thanksgiving is a time of year many use to take stock of their lives and acknowledge how lucky they are.

The people who may be most thankful this year are probably those who don't have to travel to Montreal by car.

Here is a roundup of the traffic issues this weekend.

Décarie Expressway

The destruction of the St-Jacques overpass will continue this weekend, which means lane closures on the Décarie.

From Friday at 10 p.m. until Tuesday at 5 a.m.:

The ramp from the southbound Décarie to the Ville-Marie Expressway will be closed. Suggestion: take Highway 20 until the Angrignon Boulevard/Notre-Dame Street exit and loop around.

The Décarie nourthbound will be closed between the Turcot and Sherbrooke Street exit, meaning if you're trying to access it from Highway 20, Highway 15 northbound or the Ville-Marie, you're out of luck.

The Transport Ministry is advising drivers to stay away from the area, if they can. Try Highway 13 instead.

Ville-Marie Expressway

Crews will be removing paralumes from the Ville-Marie and Viger tunnels this weekend, which means both will be off-limits starting at 11:59 p.m. Friday until Tuesday at 5 a.m.

More specifically, the highway will be closed:

Eastbound starting from the Mountain Street exit to the end.

Westbound from Panet Street (the start of the Viger Tunnel) until the Lucien-l'Allier entrance.

Paralumes block out light so drivers entering and exiting the tunnel are not blinded.

In 2011, a 20 by 20-metre concrete paralume fell from the Ville-Marie tunnel onto the highway below. No one was hurt.

SQ patrolling the roads

As they tend to do during long weekends, the Sûreté du Québec is stepping up its patrols on the roads.

They're urging drivers to slow down and be courteous as they attempt to get to their destinations. Police will be targeting those who speed, drive aggressively (follow too close, pull dangerous passing manoeuvres) and use their cellphones.

Last year during Thanksgiving weekend, the SQ handed out 6,000 tickets for infractions including speeding, not buckling up and using their cellphones at the wheel.