City hall is promising 20 km of new bike paths and the upgrading of some existing paths as well.
It’s also promising REV traffic lights with sound signals for the blind.
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Kate
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Kate
The cost of the REM – the part actually under construction – has risen to at least $7 billion and keep your eye on that “at least” because I’m betting it will be closer to $10B by the time it opens.
TVA makes an attempt at consolation with the observation that, while the invoice has grown, the deadline will still be met. And of course Covid is blamed for the increases in costs.
Ant6n
Which deadline? Certainly not the one of the original 2016 announcement.
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Kate
Here are some weekend traffic notes.
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Kate
With federal help, the city plans to construct 123 units of student housing in the Technopôle Angus area. Someone managed to get a photo of Valérie Plante looking like she has mouse ears in the photo on the same story in La Presse.
David736
What the hell is the point of putting a bunch of students way out at the Angus Yards? Is the land free or something?
EmilyG
Yeah. I remember one time, going for a walk in the Rosemont area and I ended up at the Angus yards because I’d accidentally gone so far away from where I’d planned to go. It’s so remote. It’s certainly not near major post-secondary schools that I know of.
And in an area out where they’re constructing housing, you can look across the flat lands and see the mountain, and other city landmarks, in the distance. Quite striking.Kate
David, the land has to be a damn sight cheaper than a lot near any of the universities or engineering schools.
dhomas
It’s not too far from Collège de Maisonneuve. Maybe about a 15 minute walk.
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Kate
Annalisa Harris, the protégée of Sue Montgomery in the borough hall of Côte-des-Neiges–NDG whose office squabbles with the borough’s civil employees blew up into the ejection of Montgomery from the Projet caucus, is suing Valérie Plante for $186,000 over “unfounded” accusations and an attempt to fire her. Harris is also running in the November election in the Loyola district of CDN-NDG.
CharlesQ
Hopefully that won’t help Coderre get re-elected. I can’t handle going backward for another 4 years.
Kate
I’m concerned that Montgomery’s new “Courage” party will split the anti-Ensemble vote in CDN-NDG. Projet better get a firecracker in there as mayoral candidate.
YUL514
Courage and PM will split the vote and I’m very happy about this. Residents on NDG Facebook group pages are very divided among where their allegiance lies amongst these two parties. It’s advantage Perez in this situation.
Kevin
Yul514
Are those the same pages that ban people who disagree with the mods (Barbara?)dwgs
Kevin, I am nodding knowingly. I took myself out of a couple of those groups, way too cray cray for me.
YUL514
Yes, Kevin that would be one of the groups. She is pro Sue and yes she bans people who disagree with her.
Kevin
What? Barbara violating her own rules about discussing politics? Knock me over with a feather.
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Kate
The city is about to embark on changes for two major heritage sites – the Hôpital de la Miséricorde on René-Levesque, and the old deaf mute institute on St-Denis.
The hospital site will have, inevitably, a condo tower added to it, but will also include social and student housing and a homeless shelter, if this plan moves ahead. The deaf mute site will have offices for Plateau borough and residence housing for students at the nearby ITHQ.
qatzelok
The Children’s Hospital disaster is an example of what can happen when your city “eadership is entirely corporate-driven. (this kind of casual whoring that is called ‘client-driven” in the the service industry)
DeWolf
From the article:
« Ce qui m’a beaucoup choquée, c’est comment ça s’est passé avec le Children’s », a-t-elle dit, faisant référence à des promoteurs qui avaient obtenu le feu vert de la Ville pour le redéveloppement du site de l’ancien Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants en s’engageant à y construire du logement social, avant de renoncer à cet engagement. Une école avait aussi été évoquée : elle n’a jamais vu le jour. Dans ce dossier, « les besoins de la population, les besoins de l’arrondissement, les besoins de la Ville n’ont pas été pris en considération », a déploré la mairesse.
Vazken
How many times have I heard “but will also include social and student housing and a homeless shelter,” which mysteriously disappear when the thing is actually built?
DeWolf
Vazken, that’s exactly what the mayor was talking about. I think they’re motivated not to repeat the mistake of the previous administration which relied on handshake deals and weak contractual obligations.
David736
The crime with the children”s was that they didn’t repurpose the gloomy old main building, not that the city couldn’t come through with the cash.
Kate
David, I disagree. I don’t think that building had enough architectural interest to make preservation worthwhile. Turning that place into an attractive condo tower, or even office building, would have cost more than tearing it down and starting from scratch.
david749
I would have done it right.
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Kate
A rough hit on the Canadiens’ Jake Evans is getting more attention Thursday than the simple fact of the team’s win in its first playoff match against the Jets. Item includes a video of the incident, which happens a moment after Evans’ goal on the Jets’ empty net.
Update: Jake Evans is out indefinitely with concussion. Word on the street is that Jets forward Mark Schiefele will need to watch his back.
Second update: The NHL has suspended Schiefele for four games.
MarcG
Looks like the last link is wrong
Kate
Thanks. Fixed!
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Kate
The city left so much of Griffintown in the hands of developers that it’s only now planning the construction of a much-needed school.
James Lawlor
Maybe I read it wrong but the article says that the parc Bassin-à-Bois will have a pavilion like what is described here: https://montreal.ca/articles/le-futur-amenagement-du-parc-du-bassin-bois-et-de-la-place-des-arrimeurs-12838
The school is supposed to be co-located with the condo that will be built at the corner of Des Bassins & Allée des Vraquiers: https://ocpm.qc.ca/fr/projets-griffintown/opinion/englishKate
That would be an improvement. Obviously I was reading too fast this morning. Thanks, James Lawlor.
Meezly
“The city” meaning the Gérald Tremblay administration.
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Kate
The city’s engineering union is on strike, feeling their expertise doesn’t get the support or respect it deserves, and too many contracts are still being given to external firms, even after the report of the Charbonneau commission recommended otherwise.
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Kate
TVA says several projections for the downtown REM didn’t make it an elevated track, but this is written as if it’s too late for CDPQ Infra to change its plans to bisect René-Lévesque with a concrete barrier.
It isn’t. Not a single thing has been done yet to build that thing, and it’s not too late for them to make other plans.
Kevin
Here’s the page for what the Caisse is calling “consultations” https://myrem.ca/engage/brainstormers/your-ideas
Jonathan
A 7km/h difference between the light rail and the train-tram is really not that much of a time difference. Anybody want to do the math on that one?
Jonathan
Also just to rant on that rem consultation site, there seems to be no connection between the English and French versions of the site. My username for the franco version cannot be used to log into the anglo version. I would have to set up a whole new username and password. What era are they in?
Ant6n
When cdpq does „consultations“ it’s not Abu the input, but more about appearances and wearing down the opposition
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Kate
A young woman has been accused of passing herself off as a doctor at at least one hospital, as well as getting internships at a couple of clinics. She faces psychological evaluation and possible fines.
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