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Some popular bike paths will have detours for months or years because of work on the $6.3-billionRéseau express métropolitain, the region’s light-rail transit system.

The REM builders announced Wednesday that the de Maisonneuve Blvd. path will be inaccessible between McGill College Ave. and Robert-Bourassa Blvd. starting Monday because of work to build an underground station that will connect to the métro’s McGill station. A temporary bicycle path has already been put in place on President-Kennedy Ave. and will be there until the fall.

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There will be a long-term closure for the path on Édouard-Montpetit Blvd. and Vincent D’Indy Ave. The path has been closed since August and detoured to Willowdale Ave. between Vincent D’Indy and Stirling Ave. The closure will be in effect until that station opens, slated for 2022.

Also as part of the work, a section of the bike path on the north side of the Lachine Canal that was already closed between Wellington and de la Commune Sts. will remain closed until March so crews can have space to place their equipment.