Boroughs

Thursday June 3, 2010

By The Projet Montréal Team

The Tremblay administration washes greener than green. However, every time a developer threatens to vanquish the last remaining natural areas on the Island, or to bite off one of its valuable parks, citizens have to come together and fight an epic battle with the hope of being heard. In the Marianopolis case, our voices were heard and we prevailed: no new development shall be allowed. But in the matter of Meadowbrook, Jarry Park and the Anselme-Lavigne Woods, nothing is less certain.  You want to join in on our efforts? Write us!

Condos on the Meadowbrook golf course?

The gorgeous Meadowbrook golf course has been spotted by a real estate developer who wants to build 1,500 residential units on it. On April 22, 2010, Projet Montréal tabled a motion that aimed to protect the site and the brook that runs through it. Union Montréal and Vision Montréal opposed this motion!

See also:A rally to save Meadowbrook attracts 500 in front of City Hall. (article, April 26, 2010)

Two construction projects in Jarry Park

Expansion of the Neighbourhood police station 31

Villeray-St-Michel-Parc Extension Mayoress, Anie Samson of Vision Montréal, and all Union Montréal councillors except one, support the construction of a new building right in Jarry Park that would bundle all of the services provided by the Neighbourhood police. Projet Montréal is opposed to the use of park grounds for the construction or expansion of buildings.

To learn more:

Jarry Park shrunk to expand Police Station 31 June 2, 2010 press release (in French only)

Projet Montréal motion against the use of Jarry Park grounds for the expansion of Police Station 31 June 14, 2010 (in French only)

Projet Montréal Memorandum against the construction of buildings on park grounds and in Park Jarry specifically June 10, 2010

Latest news on the expansion project Friends of Jarry Park website

Expansion of the Uniprix Stadium

The borough administration also supports Tennis Canada’s plans to raise the walls of the Uniprix Stadium from 13 to 22 meters, which is higher than the trees!

An endangered woodland in Pierrefonds

One of the last remaining untamed sites on the island of Montreal is being plundered. The stakes: 5 acres of black maple and other vulnerable species described in the Québec Biodiversity Atlas. Get more information by reading the article Plea for Pierrefonds’s Anselme-Lavigne Woods.