Turcot Reconstruction: A summary of the project and surrounding areaURBS 498JDr. John Zacharias

By Alex Carruthers

ContentsChapter 1: Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 3

Oblique Satellite View ...............................................4Aerial View North-East .............................................5Development Site ....................................................... 6Introduction ................................................................. 7Existing Infrastructure ...............................................8Proposed Infrastructure ............................................9

Chapter 2: Project Sectors .........................................................................................................................10Six Sectors ..................................................................11Montreal West Interchange Existing .....................12Montreal West Interchange Proposed .................13Angrignon Interchange Existing .............................14Angrignon Interchange Proposed .........................15HWY 20 Existing ......................................................16HWY 20 Proposed ..................................................17Turcot Interchange Existing ....................................18Turcot Interchange Proposed ................................19HWY 720 Existing ....................................................20HWY 720 Proposed ................................................21La Verendrie Existing ................................................22La Verendrie Proposed ............................................23

Chapter 3: Surrounding Boroughs & Towns ...........................................................................................24Sud-Ouest ..................................................................25Côte-des-Neiges/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce ...........26Westmount ................................................................27LaSalle ..........................................................................28Lachine ........................................................................29Montreal West ...........................................................30

Chapter 4: Surrounding Neighbourhoods ..............................................................................................31Surrounding Neighbourhoods ...............................32Saint Henri .................................................................33Lower Westmount ....................................................34Saint-Raymond ...........................................................35Ville St-Pierre .............................................................36Ville Émard .................................................................37

Chapter 5: End Thoughts ............................................................................................................................39McGill University Health Center ..........................40Groups ........................................................................41TurcotLinks ................................................................42Credits ........................................................................43

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Chapter 1: Overview

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Development Site

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Redevelopment site

One of the objectives of the Turcot re-construction project is to unleash the development potential of the space currently occupied by the Turcot Yards. Coupled with the impending MUHC super-hospital proposal, and within the context of a highway and rail reconstruction involving about 122 hectares of land, this site is part of one of the larg-est urban regeneration projects in Montreal’s history.

The site presents urban designers with enormous opportunity to be creative and dynamic and grave responsibility to design something that will work. Open land without existing architecture to inform design decisions is alluring. This space, however, is far from a blank slate. It faces an inevitable relationship with massive transportation infrastructure, and isolation from, and unique relationships with, its surrounding communities. This document seeks to provide a foundation for understanding the proposed re-construction and the communi-ties surrounding it. It will lend depth to the identifi cation of the area’s true opportunities and constraints, a starting point for good design.

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Chapter 3: Surrounding Boroughs & TownsSud-OuestCôte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-GrâceLachineLasalleWestmountMontreal West

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Population: 69 860

Average Property Value: $236 887Renters: 72% Owners: 28%French only: 33% English only: 11% French & English: 54% Other: 2%Domestic born outside Quebec: 5% Domestic born in Quebec: 71% Immigrant population: 23 % Non-Permanent residents: 1%Single Parent families: 28.2%Unemployment Rate: 10.7%, University Education: 25%Average income: $26 151 before $22 230 after taxes

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Population: 164 246

Average Property Value: $358 505Renters: 75% Owners: 25%French only: 13% English only: 25% French & English: 59% Other: 3%Domestic born outside Quebec: 5% Domestic born in Quebec: 43% Immigrant population: 47 % Non-Permanent residents: 5%Single Parent families: 22%Unemployment Rate: 10.9%, University Education: 45%Average income: $30 029 before $24 676 after taxes

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Population: 20 494

Average Property Value: $918 422Renters: 49.5% Owners: 50.5%French only: 21% English only: 54% French & English: 2% Other: 23%Non Immigrant: 67% Immigrant population: 29 % Non-Permanent residents: 4%Single Parent families: 12.6%Unemployment Rate: 5.5%, University Education: 61%Median income: $69 815 before $- after taxes

Mode of transportation to work:Car/truck/van as driver: 53% Car/truck/van as passenger: 5%Public transit: 23% Walking Biking: 18% Other: 1%

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Population: 74 763

Average Property Value: $290 889Renters: 60% Owners: 40%French only: 20% English only: 18% French & English: 60% Other: 2%Domestic born outside Quebec: 4% Domestic born in Quebec: 65% Immigrant population: 29% Non-Permanent residents: 2%Single Parent families: 21.9%Unemployment Rate: 8.2%, University Education: 21%Median income: $28 724 before $ 24 324 after taxes

Mode of transportation to work:Car/truck/van as driver: 58% Car/truck/van as passenger: 6%Public transit: 30% Walking Biking: 5% Other: 1%

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Population: 4 1 391

Average Property Value: $239 903Renters: 59% Owners: 41%French only: 30% English only: 12% French & English: 57% Other: 1%Domestic born outside Quebec: 5% Domestic born in Quebec: 78% Immigrant population: 16% Non-Permanent residents: 1%Single Parent families: 23.6%Unemployment Rate: 6.7%, University Education: 23%Average income: $31 434 before $26 172 after taxes

Mode of transportation to work:Car/truck/van as driver: 64% Car/truck/van as passenger: 5%Public transit: 21% Walking Biking: 9% Other: 1%

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Population: 5 184

Average Property Value: $437 598Renters: 22.4% Owners: 77.6%French only: 14% English only: 67% French & English: 1% Other: 18%Non Immigrant: 77% Immigrant population: 22.5 % Non-Permanent residents: .5%Single Parent families: 14.6%Unemployment Rate: 4.6%, University Education: 47%Median income: $56 985 before $- after taxes

Mode of transportation to work:Car/truck/van as driver: 62% Car/truck/van as passenger: 4.8%Public transit: 24.5% Walking Biking: 8% Other: 1%

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Chapter 4: Surrounding NeighbourhoodsSt-HenriLower WestmountSt RaymondVille Saint PierreVille ÉmardCôte-Saint-Paul

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It is important to appreciate that the proposed MUHC super hospital is intimately con-nected to the area. This megaproject stands to alter the character of traffi c circulation, and the orientation of local developers with respect to their target markets. Its weight as a polar infl uence in the area should, perhaps, temper design decisions in the vicinity.

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Groups-University of Montreal Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Design and Urban Planning-Concordia University Faculty of Geography Planning and the Environment-McGill University Faculty of Urban Planning-UQAM Faculty of Urban and Tourist Studies-MobilisationTurcot A community organization devoted to convincing the Province to change its current plan-ARUC Mégaprojets au service des communautés A CURA grant “Making Mega Projects Work for Communities” a nerve center for the MUHC and Turcot megaprojects run in association with and from the offi ces of the Urban Planning department at McGill.-Comité des Sages A consortium of urban thinkers who have made an appeal to the province and city for reconsideration of the project on behalf of Montreal’s intellectual community -GRUHM

Groupe de Recherche Urbaine Hochelaga-Maisonneuve (GRUHM): an independent association of planning professionals specializing in transportation planning research.-RESO

Regroupement Économique et Social du Sud-Ouest (RESO): a community economic development corporation and represents the safeguarding and stimulation of local employment opportunities in the South-West borough-Operation Galt Community initiative striving for favorable project/community integration representing the neighbourhoods of

Ville-Émard and Côte Saint-Paul-CLSC Sud Ouest All borough health care centers and are keepers of good local resources and accurate community profi les -POPIR Projet Organisation Populaire Information Et Regroupement (POPIR) St-Henri’s housing advocacy group-Frappe Rue Front D’Action Populaire En Réaménagement Urbain: Housing advocacy group.

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Turcot LinksGovernment

http://www.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/portal/page/portal/entreprises_en/zone_fournisseurs/c_affaires/pr_routiers/reconstruc-tion_complexe_turcot_mtlhttp://ville.montreal.qc.ca/portal/page?_pageid=2762,3101060&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

Action Groups

http://www.mobilisation-turcot.info/http://www.mobilisation-turcot.info/en/partners.html#premiersSolidarite St0Henri: http://collections.banq.qc.ca/ark:/52327/55140

Forums

http://lotek.info/forums/http://www.websitetoolbox.com/mb/westmount

Blogs

http://sudouest.wordpress.com/http://neath.wordpress.com/http://falaise.wordpress.com/http://spacingmontreal.ca/?p=279

Universities

http://gpe.concordia.ca/http://www.mcgill.ca/urbanplanning/http://www.unites.uqam.ca/deut/http://www.ame.umontreal.ca/

Credits

All satellite imagery generated by Google Earth

All maps by Alex Carruthers

Statistical information by Statistics Canada 2006 Census data

Edited by Snehal Patel and Christopher Hatcher

Written and designed by Alex Carruthers

Submitted for credit Dr. John ZachariasURBS 498J

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