Montreal Scraps Outremont Modular Housing Project Amid Contamination Concerns - Montreal

Montreal scraps Outremont modular housing project amid contamination concerns - Montreal

Mayor Valérie Plante's administration had originally approved the project, but the current administration under Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has decided not to move forward.

Montreal scraps Outremont modular housing project amid contamination concerns

The City of Montreal has cancelled plans to build 30 modular housing units on a vacant lot in Outremont, citing soil contamination and escalating costs, a decision that has drawn criticism from opposition politicians and housing advocates. The project would have added a third modular housing site in the city, joining similar developments in Ahuntsic-Cartierville and at the former Hippodrome site in the city’s Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce …