The City of Dorval Unveils the Measures Implemented to Secure the Transit of the Ullivik Residence Users Towards Commercial and Transport Hubs
In the presence of many elected officials and partners, namely Mr. Enrico Ciccone, MNA for Marquette, Messrs. François Sauvé and François Charron, respectively commander of neighbourhood Police Station 1 and lieutenant of Neighbourhood Police Station 5 of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM), Mrs. Tania Charron, Director of the AJOI organization, and Mrs. Rita Noralinga, Director of the Ullivik residence, the Mayor of the City of Dorval, Marc Doret, officially unveiled this morning the measures implemented by the municipal administration to secure the transit corridor of the Ullivik residence users towards transport and commercial hubs.
We all remember the events from August 2022, when two Inuit women, Jane Tulugak and Nellie Niviaxie, lost their lives in tragic circumstances as they were walking from the Ullivik residence to Dorval’s commercial and transport hubs. At that time, the Dorval Mayor had stated that he would do whatever would be necessary to avoid another tragedy of the sort.
Today, new pedestrian crossings have been installed along an transit corridor that was defined in cooperation with the different implicated partners, and new directional signs were introduced with indications in three languages (French, English, and Inuktitut). These newly implemented measures now make the transit of Ullivik residence users towards transport and commercial hubs much safer.
“In August 2022, I made a commitment with our Director General to find a way to provide a safe and secure environment for those staying at the Ullivik residence to move back and forth between Ullivik, the Dorval EXO-STM terminal, and the commercial hub on Dorval Avenue. We decided that solutions needed to be found, not just discussed, and we acted without waiting for higher levels of government or ministries. We did this at the local level to ensure the safety that all members of our community and to prevent any more fatal accidents like the ones that took the lives of Mary-Jane and Nellie,” said Mayor Marc Doret.
“For us, it was paramount that, as an administration and based on the wishes of the municipal council, we take the necessary actions to make sure that such tragedies do not happen again. I am proud of the various City of Dorval teams that worked closely alongside our community partners to put in place measures that could potentially save some lives,” added Marc Rouleau, Director General of the City of Dorval.
The Director of the Action Jeunesse de l’Ouest de l’île (AJOI) organization, Tania Charron, took advantage of the opportunity to present the reflecting backpack project, which is an additional safety measure that allows pedestrians wearing these bags and walking along the new secured pathway, between the Ullivik residence and Dorval’s transport and commercial hubs, to be more visible. These backpacks will be distributed over the next few weeks by the organization and is the result of a partnership with the City of Dorval.
