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Montreal airport renovations to cost $10 billion over decade
Montreal's Trudeau airport is set to undergo major renovations over the next decade. (Source: ADM)
Montreal's Trudeau airport (YUL) is planning major renovations that come with a price tag of $10 billion, it said Wednesday.
As part of that funding, the ADM Aéroports de Montréal secured a $1 billion investment from the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
ADM says its passenger traffic has surpassed pre-pandemic levels, and its 10-year renovation plan is needed to 'keep pace with demand.'
Renovation plans were announced in June. Part of the airport's goal is to alleviate traffic.
The ADM said it will reconfigure certain road accesses, build new drop-off areas, demolish the current large multi-storey car park to build a new one further away, add parking spaces, add a satellite pier and expand the baggage hall, build a rainwater retention basin south of the airport and welcome the REM.
The airport expects to see its passenger volume reach 25 million people by 2028 and between 30 to 35 million by 2035.
'YUL's development plan is extensive, but essential to ensure that our international airport can continue to accommodate growing passenger numbers and meet the expectations and needs of its users,' said ADM CEO Yves Beauchamp in a news release. 'YUL will now be able to fulfil its role as a driver of socio-economic development for the city, province, and country even more effectively.'
Last month, the Canadian Competition Bureau said the airport should end its monopoly on international travel, which the ADM opposes.
ADM stresses that the airport expansion will create thousands of jobs, improve service and support long-term economic growth.
