Highway 40 Eastbound reopens after truck spills load of paint
Posted September 12, 2023 9:34 am.
Last Updated September 12, 2023 4:56 pm.
Highway 40 Eastbound at Côte-Vertu was completely closed to traffic for hours on Tuesday after a truck carrying paint spilled its load.
The roadway fully reopened around 4 p.m.
It had been closed from just before Cavendish as authorities worked to clean up the paint.
Traffic was being detoured via the service road.
It happened just after 8 a.m. – amid morning rush hour.
The paint spread across the eastbound lanes of the highway between Cavendish and Côte-Vertu.
But made it’s way all over the roadway as vehicles drove through it.
Highway 40 Eastbound at Côte-Vertu is closed to traffic Tuesday morning after a truck carrying paint spilled its load on the road. Sept. 12, 2023. (CREDIT: Hayder Mahdy/CityNews Image)
Highway 40 Eastbound at Côte-Vertu is closed to traffic Tuesday morning after a truck carrying paint spilled its load on the road. Sept. 12, 2023. (CREDIT: Hayder Mahdy/CityNews Image)
Highway 40 Eastbound at Côte-Vertu is closed to traffic Tuesday morning after a truck carrying paint spilled its load on the road. Sept. 12, 2023. (CREDIT: Hayder Mahdy/CityNews Image)
The SQ is investigating if the paint was properly secured inside the truck.
The driver could receive a fine if it wasn’t.
#A40 est (Transcanadienne) avant Cavendish // déversement de peinture ???? // MTMD en direction
— Québec 511 (@Qc511_Mtl) September 12, 2023
