On Wednesday, the Quebec legislature passed Bill 61 creating the Mobilité Infra Québec agency by a vote of 77 to 27.
Its mandate will be to deliver complex transport projects more quickly and at lower cost, according to Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility Geneviève Guilbault.
When she introduced her bill on May 9, Guilbault criticized the lack of expertise within the Quebec government for large-scale public transport projects.
She said she wanted to pave the way for a “revolution” by creating an independent agency made up of a “small, hyper-agile team focused on innovation and results.”
Guilbault also wanted the government to become less dependent on the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ infra).
Mobilité Infra Québec will therefore be given mandates by the government. It will carry out “opportunity analysis, planning and implementation of complex transport projects.”
The new agency will employ between 30 and 50 …