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Two ramps linking the Ville-Marie and Décarie expressways will have their lanes reduced for the next three years, adding to the traffic chaos caused by the Turcot Interchange reconstruction.

The lane closures affect the westbound Ville-Marie Expressway entrance to the northbound Décarie, which is slated to have one lane out of two closed starting Monday until 2019. The southbound Décarie access to the eastbound Ville-Marie Expressway will have one lane closed out of two starting sometime in May, and also lasting until 2019. The lane closures are required as crews work to rebuild the access ramps, Transport Quebec said in a statement.

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One of the city’s traffic advisors, who meets regularly with Transport Quebec and gets monthly updates on planned closures, contends the timeline for the lane reductions is a complete surprise.

“The restrictions were on my list, but they added two years,” said Rick Leckner, a former traffic reporter for CJAD now working as a consultant. “It was supposed to be closed until only 2017. This is just going to prolong the agony.”