REM to install guardrail on overpass hit by truck
Posted November 19, 2025 8:45 am.
Last Updated November 19, 2025 10:39 am.
Réseau express métropolitain (REM) officials will be installing a guardrail on the overpass that was hit by a truck on Tuesday morning.
Service was partially shut down for two hours at around 7 a.m. Tuesday when a 53-foot truck hit the Marcel-Laurin overpass near Montreal’s Bois-Franc station.
A spokesperson for CDPQ Infra, who runs the REM, confirmed a protective guardrail will be installed on the overpass shortly.
“This is essentially a metal structure that will absorb any contact with an oversized vehicle, preventing contact with the structure itself. This installation will be carried out this winter,” wrote Francis Labbé, Assistant Director, Media Relations at CDPQ Infra in an email to CityNews.
“The guardrail is currently being prepared. It is made up of oversized metal parts that will be transported and installed,” he added.
Labbé is reminding drivers to stay vigilant in that area; the clearance height of the overpass is indicated on road signs.
Between 2016 and 2019, 12 collisions involving vehicles and the Marcel-Laurin Blvd. overpass were recorded by EXO, resulting in 77 delays on the Deux-Montagnes commuter train line.
