Montréal Master Plan Table of contents

November 2004

Table of contents

Introduction

Part I City-wide issues

Chapter 1 Planning approach 5

Chapter 2 Planning goals

2.1 High-quality, diversified and complete living environments 11
Objective 1 13
Objective 2 25

2.2 Structuring, efficient transportation networks fully integrated

into the urban fabric 33
Objective 3 35
Objective 4 61

2.3 A prestigious, convivial and inhabited Centre 67

Objective 5 71
Objective 6 79
Objective 7 87

2.4 Dynamic, accessible and diversified employment areas 95

Objective 8 101
Objective 9 107
Objective 10 111

2.5 High-quality architecture and urban landscapes 113

Objective 11 115
Objective 12 131
Objective 13 137
Objective 14 143

2.6 An enhanced architectural, archaeological and natural heritage 149

Objective 15 151
Objective 16 165

2.7 A healthy environment 171

Objective 17 173
Objective 18 185
Objective 19 189

Chapter 3 Implementation of the Master Plan 195

3.1 Parameters related to land use designation and building density 196

3.2 Capital and program investments strategy 205

3.3 The Plan’s implementation partners 209

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Chapter 4 Detailed Planning Areas 213

4.1 Airport surroundings 216
4.2 CP tracks surroundings 218
4.3 Angrignon 220
4.4 Ville-Marie Expressway 222
4.5 Crémazie Boulevard 224
4.6 Pie-IX Boulevard 226
4.7 Bourget / Forget 228
4.8 Lachine Canal 230
4.8.1 Griffintown 234
4.8.2 East Lachine 236
4.9 Côte-de-Liesse Road 238
4.10 Central Business District 240
4.11 Olympic Complex and Village 242
4.12 Louis-H.-La Fontaine corridor 244
4.13 Décarie / Cavendish / Jean-Talon West 246
4.14 Galeries d’Anjou / Jean-Talon East 248
4.15 Havre de Montréal 250
4.16 L’Acadie / Chabanel 254
4.17 L’Anse-à-l’Orme 256
4.18 Laurentien / Lachapelle 258
4.19 Meadowbrook 260
4.20 Mount Royal 262
4.21 Notre-Dame East 264
4.22 Quartier des spectacles 266
4.23 Indoor pedestrian network 268
4.24 Glen and Turcot sites 271

Part II Borough documents

Part III Complementary document

Synthesis of the Master Plan’s goals, objectives and actions

Appendices
Thematic index
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
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List of illustrations List of graphics

2.1.1 Residential Development Potential 27 2.1.1 Potential for New Dwellings in Montréal 26

2.3.1 The Central Business District 72 2.1.2 Trends in Household Numbers in Montréal
and the Region (CMA) 1981-2001 26
2.3.2 Commercial Streets to be Consolidated 73
2.2.1 Relative Weight of Daily Trips Made in the Montréal
2.4.1 Business and Retail Districts to be Densified while
Metropolitan Region (in %) 35
Creating New Public Transit Corridors 103
2.2.2 Trends in Trips Ending in Montréal
2.4.2 Employment Areas to be Redeveloped while Making
(all motives, 24 hours, in %) 35
Structuring Interventions to the Road Network 104

2.4.3 Large Abandoned Industrial Sites to be Developed as

Employment Areas 105
Maps
2.4.4 Areas Suited for Transformation to Mixed-Use
Activities 110 1.1 Established areas, areas to be built and areas
to be transformed 9
2.5.1 The Waterside Roadway 121
2.1.1 Revitalization Areas 15
2.5.2 The Settlement Routes 128
2.1.2 Major Retail Components 21
2.5.3 The City’s Gateways 129
2.2.1 Public Transportation 41
2.5.4 Main Thoroughfares 145
2.2.2 Areas Designated for Intensification 45
2.6.1 Industrial Heritage 153
2.2.3 Road Network 53
2.6.2 Nature Parks 166
2.2.4 City-Wide Bikeway Network 57
2.7.1 The Quality of Lake and River Water 179
2.2.5 Major Rail, Port and Airport Transportation
2.7.2 Land Use Constraints Related to the Airport 190
Infrastructure 65
2.7.3 Flood-Prone Areas 191
2.3.1 The Centre and its Surroundings 69
2.7.4 The Lafarge Quarry and the Former Quarries 192
2.3.2 An Inhabited Centre 85
2.7.5 Saint-Jacques Escarpment 193
2.3.3 Key Roadways of the Centre 93
2.7.6 Overhead Power Lines 194
2.4.1 Employment Areas 99

2.5.1 Parks and Green Spaces 125

2.6.1 Built Heritage 155

2.6.2 Archaeological Heritage 161

2.6.3 Natural Heritage 169

3.1.1 Land Use Designation 199

3.1.2 Building Density 203

4.23.1 Indoor Pedestrian Network 269