pointe-claire Développement du secteur Fairview

[danny12345]

here's a google satellite view of same area, same orientation, same angle.  REM station would be top right, so they're rendering doesn't show it... but they do show a multi-level parking right next to where the station would be

[Walkscore]

3 minutes ago, Windex said:

 

Thanks!

Not bad.. in worst case, I'm guessing it'd be a 5-6min walk to the stations if people lived on the edges. It'd have been more convenient on the center however. Kinda sad to see that patch of green disappearing too..

 

Considering this project seems at initial stages of planning, the builder likely has to pay full value when it comes to the REM tax on construction. That's gonna go straight out of the pockets of the buyers.. 

[SameGuy]

What's the source of the concept sketch? Curious that there's no REM -- which was planned to use the north side of the 40 there since almost five years -- and an overpass at Somerset/Stillview is no longer possible thanks to REM being only 5 metres high at that point.

 

17 minutes ago, Walkscore said:

Thanks!

Not bad.. in worst case, I'm guessing it'd be a 5-6min walk to the stations if people lived on the edges. It'd have been more convenient on the center however. Kinda sad to see that patch of green disappearing too..

 

Considering this project seems at initial stages of planning, the builder likely has to pay full value when it comes to the REM tax on construction. That's gonna go straight out of the pockets of the buyers.. 

AFAIK the property is 50/50 Cadillac Fairview and Ivanhoé-Campbridge (CDPQ) so we don't know what deals are in place!😁

Modifié 16 octobre 2020 par SameGuy
wow the new software is still so buggy!

[mk.ndrsn]

il y a 25 minutes, SameGuy a dit :

and an overpass at Somerset/Stillview is no longer possible thanks to REM being only 5 metres high at that point.

About Jacques-Bizard, I read the project isn’t dead, but is more expensive due to CDPQi screwing over Kirkland and Pointe-Claire.

[SameGuy]

Just now, mk.ndrsn said:

Right, about Jacques-Bizard, can it still be extended as a tunnel? What are Pointe-Claire and Kirkland’s plan now that CFPQi kind of screwed them over.

I'm not a civil engineer, but other than power lines on both sides of the 40 there is currently ample room on the north side, and the south side doesn't appear to have any obstacles. There are two businesses' parking lots (one on either side) that have access further south. The homes on the small culs-de-sac off Aesop and Ste-Marie shouldn't be affected; in fact, a trench would likely benefit a few of those off Aesop (Massabni Street, the eastern end of Ste-Marie).

[ERJ-Boy]

Such an underpass would definitely be good for access to Lakeshore hospital

[SameGuy]

It would help relieve some traffic on St-Jean and St-Charles as well, but would increase traffic significantly in the residential area of Somerset on the DDO side. It's not the best plan if it's not carefully implemented (perhaps with a prohibition of rush-hour through-traffic). The residents of Île-Bizard already (understandably) cause traffic chaos on boulevards Gouin and de Pierrefonds, they'd turn Jacques-Bizard/Somerset into a racetrack.

[mk.ndrsn]

il y a 10 minutes, SameGuy a dit :

It would help relieve some traffic on St-Jean and St-Charles as well, but would increase traffic significantly in the residential area of Somerset on the DDO side. It's not the best plan if it's not carefully implemented (perhaps with a prohibition of rush-hour through-traffic). The residents of Île-Bizard already (understandably) cause traffic chaos on boulevards Gouin and de Pierrefonds, they'd turn Jacques-Bizard/Somerset into a racetrack.

On the rendering the Somerset segment of Jacques-Bizard is unfinished. I guess Jacques-Bizard doesn’t need to be whole right away. Just connecting Hymus and Brunswick would be amazing. 

[SameGuy]

6 minutes ago, mk.ndrsn said:

On the rendering the Somerset segment of Jacques-Bizard is unfinished. I guess Jacques-Bizard doesn’t need to be whole right away. Just connecting Hymus and Brunswick would be amazing. 

Definitely! There are pros and cons to any roadway project; extending Somerset all the way to the 40 and an eventual underpass would solve many North Shore road user problems, but would create new ones along Jacques-Bizard/Somerset itself. That said, a restricted-access public/active transit road from the end of Somerset to the Brunswick end of Stillview similar to the PM-proposed access from Antoine-Faucon to Kirkland would be a huge benefit to the area.

[GDS]

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