Royalmount: only Quebec can stop it
Montreal’s Conseil régional de l’environnement is hoping to appeal to Quebec to stop the Royalmount project, based on the chaos it’s expected to bring to the 40 and 15 highways nearby. Good observation here from urbanist Jean-Claude Marsan, who notes that Montreal would have to cope with the mess from the project while only TMR would reap the benefits. Whether Quebec has any interest in intervening is not made clear.
Patrick 14:21 on 2019-01-10 Permalink
Shouldn’t the Agglomeration Council have some say in a matter like this?
carswell 18:01 on 2019-01-10 Permalink
IANAL, Patrick, but I don’t think the project falls within the agglo council’s purview. See section 19 infra of the Act Respecting the Exercise of Certain Municipal Powers in Certain Urban Agglomerations.
JaneyB 11:58 on 2019-01-11 Permalink
Could Montreal just seal off the entries to the streets that allow the Royalmount project? If Mo-west and Westmount can play obstructive access games, why can’t Montreal? The project might have fewer advocates if all traffic had to go through TMR proper. This mall project is such a bad idea.