Development issues

 Development potential

• Potential for development of the riverbank and views
• Potential for construction and reclassification
• Potential for renewal
• Potential for consolidation

Potential for development of the riverbank and views

• 22 kilometres of riverbanks to be developed
• Publicly owned transportation infrastructures
• Natural shoreline on the northern tip of Nuns' Island

Du Havre basin

St. Lawrence riverbanks

Peel basin

Potential for construction and reclassification

• Strategic locations to be developed for economic activities and urban residential purposes
• Near downtown, the St. Lawrence, its banks and green networks
• Huge sites, mainly publicly owned (69%)
• Potential for some 9,000 new housing units

Bonaventure Expressway

Public own

Urban habitat, SDM

Potential for renewal

• Attractive green spaces near downtown Montréal
• 268 ha of public green space, as compared with 188 ha in Mount Royal Park
• Very popular areas
• Areas next to the St. Lawrence connected with downtown and
  the South Shore

Areas next to the St. Lawrence

Public green space

Jean-Drapeau Park

Potential for consolidation

• Pursue development work in Old Montréal and its faubourgs
• Pursue development work in the Old Port, as part of implementing its Master Development Plan
• Pursue development work on the Lachine Canal

Old Montréal, SDM

Old Port of Montréal

Lachine Canal, SDM