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Agreed, not to mention Entacy and Dorchester Appartments should contribute as well

August 10th, taken from the highest floor of Concordia University's John Molson School of Business on Guy and De Maisonneuve

August 10th, Taken from the highest floor of John Molson School of Business

August 10th, I estimate around 12 floors to go + Mechanical room. Picture taken from highest floor of John Molson School of Business.

De Atwater au Palais de Justice de Montréal

Article published in the Gazette on friday: Montreal facing a crunch to pay for continued transit operations "We would be in a very embarrassing situation in the future, having built it, and not being able to operate it, unless we tell people they will have to fork out a lot more to travel," Marvin Rotrand said. JASON MAGDER, MONTREAL GAZETTE Updated: August 2, 2019 With new projects on the way, and existing networks aging, several local city councillors are concerned Montreal could soon run out of cash to run its public transit services. Two opposition councillors tabled a resolution Friday afternoon calling on all of the federal parties to pledge in the upcoming election to provide funds to pay for the operations of transit networks on a recurrent basis. Marvin Rotrand and Aref Salem co-sponsored the motion, which will be presented at the Aug. 19 city council meeting. They say without a new source of funding, Montrealers will have to shell out more money, either in the form of tax increases or fare hikes, just to maintain the current level of service. Rotrand said the federal government has committed billions to help pay for the $6.3 billion REM light-rail project, and the extension of the métro’s Blue Line, and other transit projects are also underway: the SRB Pie IX — a bus rapid transit network along Pie-IX Blvd., and the order of 300 new hybrid buses. All those projects mean a greater bill at the end of the day to operate the networks, which will fall on the city’s transit agencies to pay. It’s not yet clear what all the new transit projects will cost in recurrent operations, because the Autorité regionale de transport métropolitain — the body that governs regional transport planning — is calculating their cost, said ARTM spokesperson Fanie St-Pierre. The agency plans to make its analysis public this coming fall, so she would not comment on the situation this week. “We would be in a very embarrassing situation in the future, having built it, and not being able to operate it, unless we tell people they will have to fork out a lot more to travel,” Rotrand said. “That would defeat the purpose of everything we have done up to now.” However, it’s unclear if the resolution will be passed at Montreal city hall, because the ruling Projet Montréal would also have to vote for it, and Geneviève Jutras, a spokesperson for the city’s executive committee would not say whether the mayor’s party would support the motion. She said, however, the administration will make its requests to the federal parties in the coming weeks. Rotrand said he is forwarding a copy of the resolution to cities across the country so there can be a united front of municipalities asking the federal government for the same thing. The situation is similar in many cities in the country, explained Matti Siemiatycki, the interim director of the school of cities for the University of Toronto. He explained that every time a new transit project is unveiled, it’s the cities that are left with the burden of paying for its recurrent cost. He said politicians like to make promises to finance new projects like the REM or the métro extension, but it’s less popular to pay for their ongoing operation. Investing in operations, however, is the best way to ensure that transit systems run on time and deliver good quality service for the users, he said. He added that like Montreal, Toronto is also in an uncertain position, because it has deferred major maintenance projects for several years, and there is now a major backlog of work to the tune of billions of dollars. “In this region at least, we talk at great length about how much new capital projects will cost, but spend much less time thinking about how we’re going to pay for operations or maintenance,” he said. Siemiatycki said without new money, most cities in the country will have the same choice to either hike fares or taxes, or put major maintenance projects on hold. Marco D’Angelo, the CEO of the Canadian Urban Transit Association, said his organization has asked the federal parties to top up the gas tax contribution to cities by $250 million, and that money would be dedicated exclusively to transit operations. “It would allow cities to make transportation more frequent and more reliable,” he said. “We’re seeing that cities across Canada now need to make tough choices in terms of prioritizing operations. There’s certainly demand for increased transit in our cities, and without the right investment, as our city populations increase, we’re going to have continued problems with bottlenecks.” The Federation of Canadian Municipalities has also called on the federal parties to commit to more money for transit. It has asked for the federal gas tax fund — which funds transit and infrastructure — to be permanently doubled to $4.4 billion, a measure that CUTA has supported. https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/city-facing-a-crunch-to-pay-for-continued-transit-operations

Bird's Eye view of South Shore station, taken from https://rem.info/en/news/south-shore-summer-2019

I mean, whenever you build something you will always piss off someone because they will lose their view. The only solution is to buy something with protected views but even that is harder nowadays as the terms of the protected views can be challenged in court. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/montreals-spectacular-vistas-being-crowded-out-by-high-risedevelopment/article37716140/ Quote from the article: "Montreal businessman Jacques Schonberg found out the hard way that the magnificent views included with his high-end condo weren't guaranteed when a new condo tower went up right next door to his a few years ago. "I lost my whole eastern and southern views, pretty well," Mr. Schonberg says of his 23rd-floor condo in downtown Montreal's Crystal de la Montagne tower on René-Lévesque Boulevard. "I had a spectacular view" in the building – a 2008 project – before construction of the 38-storey Tour Icône right next door, he said. "Now, I see right into other people's windows." His perspective on Mount Royal remains, but he lost sightlines to Olympic Stadium to the east and to the river to the south" Another good tip would be to steer clear of parking lots. Quote from the same article: "Some residents happily ensconced in the luxe 33-storey, 192-unit Altitude condo tower directly across the street from Place Ville Marie found to their dismay a few years ago that their views were to be imperilled when permits were obtained for construction of the TOM Condos complex, 40 floors stacked extremely close up against Altitude's southeastern flank. "There were complaints, yes," said Daniel Revah, president of Corev Immobilier, TOM's developer. But he points out that the TOM follows a familiar pattern of being built on a former above-ground parking lot. Smart condo purchasers in most North American cities should know that if their tower is close to a parking lot, chances are good that that parcel of land will eventually be built upon, particularly if the location is a prime one such as Montreal's downtown, Mr. Revah said. "Parking lots in all the cities, including Montreal, are being eliminated," he said."

Official Press Release from the ADMTL website on the groundbreaking of the Airport REM station

Im sure that when the project is done they will replant new ones, as their roots are probably going to be damaged during the construction anyway.

ah ok, je ne savais pas. Maintenant je me sens mal pour mes fausses informations 😅

Eh bien, au moins l'espace sera utilisé

People may or may not already be aware, but the shell of a metro station was already constructed under the airport when the Marriott hotel was built. This should help crews during construction as the station would only need to be outfitted. (EDIT: In light of the news story that broke today with the groundbreaking of the airport station, this space will now be used as a parking garage)

July 19th, the track and the terminal is taking shape!

July 19th, Structure taking form!

July 19th, i would not want to fall in here.....lol

July 19th

July 19th

Using the webcam of the Maison Radio Canada we can sort of monitor the development of this site by zooming in on the top left http://www.devisubox.com/dv/dv.php5?pgl=Project/interface&sRef=3VC5PZZ3H&nStartingSite=EYP6BGVQC

July 19th

July 19th, close to being topped off! Id say its about 4 floors away

July 19th

Here is a new-ish video on the construction of the garage. It has not been posted yet here as it came out in end of April and the last post here was in February. http://www.stm.info/en/about/major_projects/cote-vertu-garage

Ah ok, alors il parlait de la limite de hauteur du lot Bureau en Gros, pas du lot 800 St Jacques?

Je pense que cette carte ne s'applique pas au lot auquel il fait référence, surlignée en jaune