Reduced parking rates at Estrie health institutions
As of June 8, CIUSSS de l’estriechus users and visitors will benefit from a daily rate reduction from $7.50 to $7. Also, the free period, currently 30 minutes, will be extended to two hours. To take advantage of the two-hour free period, the procedure will be the same, i.e., users and visitors will have to register their vehicle at the pay station upon arrival.
In addition to this measure, pricing strategies for the entire health and social services network will be implemented, including free admission for two family members living in a long-term care centre and preferential pricing for users who must regularly attend an institution to receive care, two practices that were already in effect at the CIUSSS de l’estrie-chus.
The new reduced parking rates will come into effect at the CIUSSS de l’estriechus as of June 8, 2020, as announced last November by the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS).
Special rates due to COVID-19
In the context of the pandemic, only the parking fees for the designated screening centre (DSC), located at 500 Murray Street, are suspended until further notice. The use of all other parking lots at the CIUSSS de l’estriechus facilities is subject to a fee at all times.
In order to protect people who are hospitalized or lodged, certain facilities prohibit the presence of visitors and accompanying persons and access to CHSLDS for relatives is limited. However, certain cases are exceptions, such as palliative and end-of-life care, the maternity unit and pediatrics. For more information, visit the santeestrie.qc.ca website.
The City of Sherbrooke held the first of its weekly road-works updates for the year on Monday. Two weeks into a construction season that was forced to take on a whole new set of security measures, Caroline Gravel, Director of Sherbrooke’s Urban Infrastructure division, said that things are going well. To date 15 of the planned 96 public works projects are already underway with more to begin this week.
According to Gravel all of the city’s workers have received training on the new physical distancing and protective protocols and the measures have been effectively adopted without significant impact on productivity.
With a heat wave expected to hit this week, the urban infrastructure director said that construction teams will be favouring visors over masks to help avoid overheating, but said that the appropriate measures and existing hot-weather work regulations should be enough to keep workers safe.
Work on Rue du Haut-bois Nord is expected to come to an end this week as well as the construction of rue Antonio-cameron in the regional industrial park. A refurbishing of the water pipes along King East between du Marché and Chamberland will also get started.
Isabelle Gendron of the Sherbrooke Police also took the opportunity to remind the population that there will