City of Montreal: things to come
Here are some of the highlights in the $6.5-billion capital works program for 2019-21 unveiled alongside the city budget on Thursday.
Giving Ste-Catherine St. a new look, developing a network of express bike paths, extending the métro’s Blue Line: Those are just a few of the major projects the city is budgeting for in the next three years. In addition to tabling its operating budget for 2019 on Thursday, the Valérie Plante administration unveiled its $6.5-billion capital works program for 2019-21, outlining its spending plans for projects like roadwork, water mains, sewers, parks, bike paths and social housing.
$83.3 million to reconstruct Pie-IX Blvd.
$82.2 million to refurbish Ste-Catherine St. W.
$43.6 million to renovate the Plaza St-Hubert.
$84 million to upgrade street lighting
$38.5 million on school safety zones.
$89 million on bike paths, including the Réseau express vélo, and on the Bixi bike-sharing network.
$60 million to purchase green space.
$56.8 million to upgrade large parks.
$88.8 million for work on Jean-Drapeau Park, including the Gilles-Villeneuve racetrack and transfer $57 million will go to boroughs to upgrade local parks.
Science museums will be renovated and modernized, with $30.3 million going to the Biodôme, $26.1 million to the Botanical Garden, $19.8 million to the Insectarium and $5.1 million to update technical equipment at the Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium.
The last phase of construction in the Quartier des Spectacles, the downtown entertainment district, will be undertaken at a cost of $34.9 million. The area around Place des Arts and the Clark Esplanade will be landscaped and upgrades of Clark and Bleury Sts. will begin.
The city will also spend $40.9 million on infrastructure and landscaping in the new neighbourhood being built around the Université de Montréal’s new Outremont campus.
Another $24.4 million will be spent on preparatory work and demolition for a $219 million project to revitalize Griffintown.
Source:
The Montreal Gazette