Infrastructure
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Turcot, the United Nations and Climate Change
Looking forward to winter smog? (courtesy of the Meteorological Service of Canada) This week at the UN headquarters in New York, the highest level climate...
By Jacob Larsen -
Thinking beyond the Shuko
« I like the way you comb your hair I like the stylish clothes you wear It’s just the little things you do That makes me want to sleep with you. » –...
By Émile Thomas -
The Turcot is going to heat up
A dull roar of opposition to the MTQ’s Turcot plan has been rumbling through urban planning circles and neighbourhood groups since the Ministère de...
By Jacob Larsen -
Photo du Jour : Passé le point de non-retour
Le pont de l’autoroute 25 entre Montréal et la partie est de Laval est en construction. Photo prise le 22 avril 2009
By Alanah Heffez -
Demonstration for an alternate Turcot: a photo essay
It was a beautiful day in St. Henri for a long walk and that’s exactly what 2000 or so residents and concerned citizens did yesterday, to show their...
By Jacob Larsen -
Sunday – A March for Sustainable Transportation
Residents from St. Henri and from all across Montreal are marching tomorrow to demand that the Turcot reconstruction project be reconceived at a human...
By Jacob Larsen -
Independent Experts Question Turcot Plans
Turcot Think Tank: independent experts held a press conference March 17th. A team of independent experts calling themselves the Turcot Think Tank (TTT...
By Alanah Heffez -
Up to BAPE: Turcot’s environmental day in court begins
Today, Radio-Canada report that the Bureau des audiences publiques sur l’environnement would make public the information it had on the Turcot...
By Jacob Larsen -
Photo du Jour : Bend in the Bridge
The Jacques Cartier is a rather winding bridge. First of all, it was necessary to for it to curve over Ile Ste-Hélène, in order to avoid placing the...
By Alanah Heffez -
MTQ Plans to Cover one Trench Highway while Digging Another
According to an article in today’s La Presse, the Société Radio-Canada is pressuring the province to patch up the ugly gash created by the Ville...
By Alanah Heffez -
Montreal to province: rethink the Turcot
This was the news that emerged from Montreal’s Executive committee today, regarding the $1.5 billion redevelopment of the Turcot Interchange. Almost...
By Jacob Larsen -
Growing Pains in Suburbia
The main entrance into Cote-Saint-Luc, a city of 30 000 inhabitants surrounded on all sides by train-tracks is through the Cavendish underpass. This...
By Michael Dunkelman