Montreal s east end getting its own REM, at a cost of $10B
Long underserved by public transportation, Montreal s east end is getting its own light-rail network with 32 kilometres of track and 23 new stations.
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Officials say REM de l Est will include 32 kilometers of track connecting 23 new stations to downtown
Posted: Dec 15, 2020 12:20 PM ET | Last Updated: December 16, 2020
The REM de l Est will include a stretch of elevated tracks and stations along René-Lévesque Blvd.(Submitted by CDPQ Infra)
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green roof in this design. green river companies are a source of new, well-paying jobs. expanding green infrastructure, instead of insufficient, expensive gray infrastructure strategies for dealing with storm water and sewage management. greenrooms provide local air quality and water quality benefits and help address climate change. to address climate change in particular, the really smart scientists at columbia university has have come to the conclusion that green roofs are the best single mitigation strategy for combating the effects of climate change in the years moving forward. i would like you to do about that, too. also, looking a little bit closer at the storm water management issues. compared to the existing uses on side, it is short paved surfaces absorbed neither co2 or particulate matter. san francisco has combined sewers during heavy rains and storm water overwhelm the system. sewage pours into the bay. the green roof at 8 washington will retain and in storm w
of these beautiful things that will be added to the waterfront. we will continue to enjoy the camp and now in more gorgeous waterfront. thank you. commissioners, michael, san francisco building and construction trades council. i will ask those in the building trades to have stuck it out with the negative comments to please stand so you can see who is here. a basic premise. that is that the waterfront and the port, and thereby this property which includes a sliver of port land, is not the province of the telegraph hill dollars or of the friends of golden gateway, but of all of san francisco. under that premise, in the early 1990 s, when the embarcadero center for weekend on, the port instituted a process that brought in a broad swath of the city and included the northeast. i remember there was a representative of the telegraph hill dwellers on that body, to consider what to do with the waterfront in the future. a report was published in 1994 and 2003, and it is exactly what
so he will not miss that. we both felt strongly that this makes such a nicer contribution to the city. we always felt guilty taking up this duty for ourselves. we are excited to see the addition of the green roofs and of these beautiful things that will be added to the waterfront. we will continue to enjoy the camp and now in more gorgeous waterfront. thank you. commissioners, michael, san francisco building and construction trades council. i will ask those in the building trades to have stuck it out with the negative comments to please stand so you can see who is here. a basic premise. that is that the waterfront and the port, and thereby this property which includes a sliver of port land, is not the province of the telegraph hill dollars or of the friends of golden gateway, but of all of san francisco. under that premise, in the early 1990 s, when the embarcadero center for weekend on, the port instituted a process that brought in a broad swath of the city and included th