Development issues

 Development constraints

Five kinds of constraints:

• Coexistence of different functions
• Expressways
• Railway lines
• Access
• Soil management

Coexistence of different functions

Recreational and
tourism activities

• Historic district and residential environment / Recreational and tourism activities
• Green spaces / Public events
• Residential / Port and industrial operations

Expressways

Bonaventure Expressway

• Isolated areas characterized by under-used urban spaces
• Rips in the urban fabric
• Interfere with traffic between Old Montréal and
  the faubourgs
• Obstacles preventing access to the St. Lawrence and
  its banks

Railway lines

Freight transportation
corridors, VdeM.

• Freight transportation corridors of national importance, associated with industrial and port operations
• Rips in the urban fabrice
• Interfere with traffic in Point St. Charles

Limited access in the Champ-de-Mars area

Champ-de-Mars
metro station

• Barrier for pedestrians heading for Old Montréal
• Strategic position of the expressway with respect to
  adjacent districts
• Serves the harbourfront efficiently

Soil management

Faubourg Québec

• Hydrocarbons and a former dump in the Bonaventure district (Parc d'entreprises de la Pointe-Saint-Charles)
• Type of soil and bearing capacity where fill has been used