City claims downtown lot for metro work

As presaged, the city has claimed a downtown parking lot next to where Domtar Gardens used to be. I’m not clear on why the lot is called îlot Eugène-Lapierre (the name presumably refers to this person but what his connection is with the area I don’t know).

The official notification mentions using it as a construction site during accessibility upgrades to the nearby Place-des-Arts edicule, after which it will be made into a park, although that’s a couple of years from now and the demand for more condo buildings might overwhelm a future administration.