The Plateau initiates security and traffic-calming measures
Safer, calmer and greener streets, where life reclaims its rights: come next spring, this will be a reality for a part of Plateau Mt-Royal, the borough administration carrying off three major interventions in the coming months.
Talking the talk AND walking the walk, the Ferrandez administration will have taken the first steps towards the evolution that Projet Montréal and its leader, Richard Bergeron, hope for all Montrealers.
The three projects that make up the first stage of the traffic-calming plan of the Plateau are partly aimed at streets where child care centres, kindergartens and schools are most found. Their purpose is to redirect the through traffic from these streets to main roadways without compromising access to businesses and dwellings.
Learn more:
- FAQ - in French only
- Major interventions for safer streets (June 21, 2010, press release - in French only) :
Details of the Laurier project
Details of the Parc-Lafontaine – Rachel – De la Roche project
Details of the Berri – Roy – St-Hubert project
- View the video of the press conference with Richard Bergeorn and Luc Ferrandez - in French only
- View the projects on Google maps
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Good news for Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Borough debt cleared
Thanks to a mild winter and unprecedented management efforts by mayor Pierre Gagnier and city councillor Émilie Thuillier, two Projet Montréal elected representatives, the $4.9 million deficit inherited from the previous administration has been converted by the end of 2009 into a $5,6 million surplus.
Return of the park caretakers
Ahuntsic-Cartierville breaks new ground with a pilot project that will create park caretaker positions in nine parks. Once upon a time, the park caretaker lived with his family in the cabin, or lodge; his job was to tend the park. If nowadays the concept has somewhat changed, the purpose has not: ensure a proper presence and maintenance of the grounds. |
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Richard Bergeron, guest speaker at the Toronto Transport Futures Summit
Projet Montréal leader, Richard Bergeron, spoke at the 3rd edition of the annual Transport Futures, held in Toronto, on June 18th.
The Summit also welcomed a senator from Oregon, a NYC city councillor, the mayor of the city of Langley, BC, as well as several stakeholders from Ontario's municipal and transportation scene. The event focussed on strategies that some brave political leaders use to promote the implementation of sustainable transportation means, by setting up road pricing systems.
Read the press release (June 18 - in French)
Read Richard Bergeron's address |
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What went down during the last City Council meeting of the summer
Click here to read about what was decided and discussed during the June 14 City Council meeting.
Click here to view the videos of the meeting.
Next meeting: August 23, 2010 |
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Reserve your spot today for Projet Montréal's Summer Camp
Check out our new website, created especially for this not-to-be-missed event: find out all you need to know about programming and sign-up for our Summer Camp, which will take place on the last weekend of August at Cap St. Jacques.
All the details here : http://jde.projetmontreal.org
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Congratulations to our new team in Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
From left to right: Josée Desmarais, councillor; Ken McMurray, treasurer; Nicole Lapierre, councillor; Fabien Dunstan, councillor; Richard Bergeron, leader of Projet Montréal; Kamala Jegatheeswaran, councillor and Philippe Dorais, coordinator.
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Grassroots funding: a remedy for shady donations
One of the most effective means to prevent political parties from adopting dishonest funding methods is to focus on grassroots fundraising, i.e. to collect a large number of small donations, instead of a smaller number of large donations — which tend to come with strings attached. Because of the strict rules it has imposed on itself, Projet Montréal relies on grassroots funding, and thus your support, to continue its activities.
Donate to Projet Montréal |
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