Residents stop plan for mental patient housing
Residents in Ville-Marie have sent a mise en demeure to the city to forestall the construction of a residential building for people with mental illnesses. Not only are people afraid of chaos, they also don’t want to lose a handy parking lot where the construction was planned.
Nicholas 23:11 on 2025-02-05 Permalink
They have resident-reserved parking spots 150 metres from Lucien L’Allier metro, with a bunch of towers within 250 metres? Here’s an idea: every time there’s a complaint, the building gets 3 storeys taller.
Kate 10:24 on 2025-02-06 Permalink
I couldn’t tell from the piece whether they had reserved parking, or if it was just an empty lot that local people had become accustomed to make use of.
Nicholas 10:45 on 2025-02-06 Permalink
I understood it to be reserved based on this: “D’autres craignaient de perdre l’usage du stationnement situé sur le terrain projeté. L’endroit est réservé aux résidants depuis la fermeture de la ruelle entre les rues Lusignan et Versailles, il y a cinq décennies.” If you Google Streetview into it you can see the numbered red square, so it’s just like resident street parking, not personal spots.
Kate 21:40 on 2025-02-06 Permalink
Parking for five decades. I wonder what their rights are in that situation.
Ian 15:45 on 2025-02-07 Permalink
I know parking is an unpopular cause, but it’s a fair question, and if those residents have the ear of the borough councillor they can get a construction project stopped for sure – I’ve seen similar things in other neighbourhoods with fewer people affected. Also, more sotto voce, if it affects the property value of 50 homes that’s a tax base issue that could be of enough concern to the borough to weifght the pros and cons of the situation.