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CTV News
30-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Wellington Street will not be car-free year-round after report: Verdun mayor
Wellington Street is seen in the Montreal borough of Verdun Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press) Borough mayor Marie-Andrée Mauger posted on her Facebook page that after a public consultation (OCPM) report, the strip of road from Regina Street to 6th Avenue will be pedestrianized for the summer only. A petition was launched in 2023, and the OCPM held consultations to decide whether cars would be banned throughout the year. 'At the borough council meeting on June 30, we will submit the borough's response to the OCPM's recommendations,' Mauger wrote. 'I have always seen this citizen request as a declaration of love for our iconic artery.' The OCPM made three other recommendations. Any future pedestrianization plans should be done based on 'up-to-date studies on the impacts and benefits of the project in terms of accessibility, mobility, commercial dynamics, collateral effects and costs.' 'These studies should take into account the specific urban morphology of the neighbourhood, as well as parking issues in the vicinity of commercial and service establishments,' the post reads. The commission also suggests that the borough consider other ways to reduce vehicle traffic on Wellington outside of the summer pedestrianization period and continue efforts to 'reduce the nuisances associated with the summer pedestrianization of Wellington Street.' Included in the post were council members Sterling Downey, Benoit Gratton, Kaïla A. Munro, Véronique Tremblay, Enrique Machado and Céline-Audrey Beauregard. The mayor will table the response to the commission's report on June 30.
CBC
28-05-2025
- General
- CBC
Majority of Montrealers against less frequent garbage pickup, poll finds
A new Leger poll commissioned by the City of Montreal suggests more than half of residents aren't on board with cutting back on curbside trash collection. As part of its push to become a zero-waste city by 2030, Montreal is considering reducing trash collection to once every two weeks, but 54 per cent of respondents said they're against the idea. We spoke to Marie-Andrée Mauger, Montreal's executive committee member in charge of ecological transition.
CBC
07-05-2025
- Automotive
- CBC
Montreal has set an ambitious EV charging station target. Is it realistic?
Social Sharing Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante's administration is aiming to install 11,000 more electric vehicle charging stations across the island by 2030. That's well ahead of the federal and provincial governments' goal of eliminating the sale of new internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035. "Everywhere on the island, we want our community to feel safe having access to charging stations," said Marie-Andrée Mauger, who is in charge of ecological transition and the environment on the city's executive committee. The announcement came as Plante hosted the Montreal Climate Summit, which included participants such as Quebec Environment Minister Benoit Charette and his federal counterpart, Steven Guilbeault. Hundreds of people from business, philanthropy, labour, politics, community organizations and environmental groups attended the event's fourth edition Tuesday in the Old Port. WATCH | Montreal to add thousands of EV charging stations: Montreal wants to install 11,000 new EV charging stations by 2030. Is that actually doable? 2 hours ago Duration 2:06 The announcement, made at the Montreal Climate Summit, has those in the EV industry wondering if the lofty goal is possible. Currently, there are more than 3,000 charging stations across the island. Mauger said the city is already working with businesses to make sure the EV stations already installed on their property are accessible to the public. There are currently more than 3,000 charging stations across the city. "We want to more than triple this number in the next five years. It's again another ambitious target," she said. Ambitious target raises questions That target is so ambitious, the Quebec Electric Vehicle Association questions its feasibility. "When they tried to install 2,000 charging stations and they had six years to do it, they had a lot of difficulty attaining that number. So now 11,000 is a huge number," the association's president, Simon-Pierre Rioux, told CBC News. Rioux said he wonders if all of the stations will be accessible to the public. He hopes some of them are installed in densely populated areas such as the Plateau, where there aren't enough to meet demand, he said. "Right now, it's pretty tough," he said. And, he added, they need to be permanent. Dozens of them were removed in the last two years due to street parking being transformed into bike lanes, he said. Many areas in Griffintown and around the Palais des congrès have lost their charging stations because of this, and were never replaced, he said. Access to EV charging is coming, city says The city agrees more access is needed. In Montreal, where 80 per cent of homes are row housing, many residents don't have private parking. If households are to be encouraged to switch to electric transportation, access to charging must also be improved, said Mauger, who is also borough mayor of Verdun. "We really want to offer access to [charging stations] in the evening and at night for residents — not necessarily on public land; it could be on private property," said Mauger, citing shopping malls and industrial or school parking lots as potential locations. But the city's Official Opposition questions the cost of such a project. "The target of 11,000 public charging stations by 2030 is certainly ambitious, but so far, it's just a promise without a budget," said Alba Zuniga Ramos, Ensemble Montréal's critic on active transportation and transport electrification, in a statement. He accused the administration of not making electrifying transportation a priority over the years. CBC News asked Plante's spokesperson for information about the cost and who would cover that cost, but was told to contact the city's media relations department Tuesday. The department has not yet responded. Plante, now nearing the end of her second and final term, said she has given the city much more than just bike paths — something she takes pride in and is often associated with, but her legacy is broader. Beyond EV charging stations, Plante said she would focus on tripling protected green spaces, planting 500,000 trees and expanding sponge parks to manage flooding. She also emphasized embedding ecological transition into all city planning and decision-making processes, making environmental considerations a fundamental part of how Montreal designs neighbourhoods and implements projects.
