By Alan Hustak on July 22, 2010
The plans to bulldoze the Bonaventure expressway and replace it with a ground level boulevard, for example, have gone back to the drawing board. The Office de consultation publique de montréal was right to doubt the wisdom of the entire $260-million redevelopment scheme initially proposed by the Societe du Havre de Montreal, and to recommend a second look at the whole idea.
The people at City Hall responsible for the ambitious project might learn a thing or two from Boston’s experience.
