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A new chapter is being written in the de Maisonneuve Blvd. bike path saga in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.

The Montreal Gazette has learned a protected two-way bicycle path will be built on the north side of the street between Claremont Ave. and Décarie Blvd. Currently, there is one path on each side of the street, and the paths converge at Claremont to turn into a two-way bike path, which runs east to downtown Montreal.

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Cycling groups have complained for years that the sector is dangerous and have pleaded with the city to build a protected and dedicated bicycle lane.

The borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is expected to make an announcement on Monday that the path will be protected, either with posts or a concrete median.

Daniel Lambert, a spokesperson for the Montreal Bike Coalition, said he knows the city has been working with the Société de transport de Montréal to relocate the bus stops that are on the north side of the street.

Étienne Brunet, a spokesperson for borough mayor Russell Copeman, would not confirm the plan that the bike path would be built.

On Wednesday, the borough erected no-stopping signs on both sides of de Maisonneuve, ostensibly to give more room to cyclists.