The mayoress of Montreal could use a possible joint governance committee of the REM de l’Est to ensure that the transmission line does not include unsightly wiring above the tracks, she said Tuesday.
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Valérie Plante thus illustrated the importance for the City of Montreal to have a voice in the development of the project, contrary to what currently prevails.
“We need to be seated around the decision-making table. For example, Prime Minister Legault says that we are able to make an REM without catenaries [le filage au-dessus des rails] “, she said Tuesday, on the sidelines of a press conference.
“If I’m at the decision-making table and I’m told for the Montreal REM, we must have catenaries, but the South Shore REM [on n’en a pas besoin], for sure I will ask questions, she added. I’m going to say: well, let’s see. »
The installation of catenaries on the REM de l’Ouest line, near the Samuel-De Champlain bridge, surprised many observers last fall. Mme Plante says he noted public comments to that effect.
Monday, at a press conference in Longueuil, Prime Minister Legault suggested that the catenaries were not essential in a possible REM project on the South Shore of Montreal.
“There are also solutions for spinning, he said, according to The duty. I don’t want to pre-empt a presentation of the Caisse de dépôt which we hope will come soon, but for me the REM on the South Shore is going to be very beautiful and very well integrated into the architecture of the various places where it will pass. »