{"id":1748,"date":"2008-11-24T17:22:44","date_gmt":"2008-11-24T22:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/11\/24\/montreal-to-province-rethink-the-turcot\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:36:59","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:36:59","slug":"montreal-to-province-rethink-the-turcot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/11\/24\/montreal-to-province-rethink-the-turcot\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal to province: rethink the Turcot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3272\/3057319582_1453243678.jpg\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This was the news that emerged from Montreal&#8217;s Executive committee today, regarding the $1.5 billion redevelopment of the Turcot Interchange. Almost 18 months after the project was announced, Montreal&#8217;s executive committee has finally stood up for the ideas expressed in its 2007 Transportation Plan, namely reducing car dependency. As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/montrealgazette\/news\/story.html?id=16731e8a-b13b-4bd9-9653-10d57abbd16a\">reported<\/a> by the <em>Gazette<\/em> yesterday:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The city wants the provincial government to pay more attention to how public transit and carpooling will figure in the final version of the plan, as well as what steps will be taken for homeowners who will be displaced by the construction work [&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It may just be opportuistic politics presented by the upcoming provincial election that has prompted the City into action, but that doesn&#8217;t matter. It&#8217;s becoming clear to Mayor Tremblay that there is major opposition to this project and he can&#8217;t afford to ignore it.<\/p>\n<p>Citizens groups like <a href=\"http:\/\/mobilisation-turcot.info\/en\/\">Mobilization Turcot<\/a> already fighting this project should up the ante. I hope to see some mass media actions around the Turcot, like the Tour de Bronx on the Sheridan Expressway in NYC.\u00a0[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bMZWLU7iHOw[\/youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was the news that emerged from Montreal&#8217;s Executive committee today, regarding the $1.5 billion redevelopment of the Turcot Interchange. Almost 18 months after the project was announced, Montreal&#8217;s executive committee has finally stood up for the ideas expressed in its 2007 Transportation Plan, namely reducing car dependency. 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