This article written in french by Stéphane St-Amour was automatically translated using AI
The interim leader of the Parti Laval and councilor for Fabreville, Claude Larochelle, persists and signs off, having always opposed the cultural infrastructure megaproject in downtown, whose ceremonial groundbreaking took place yesterday.
The $180 million dream of Mayor Boyer
“The $180 million dream of Mayor Boyer prevails, once again, over pressing needs, such as a green space in the midst of all these residential towers,” he commented via email, referring to the Montmorency sector.
He argues that the mayor is “sacrificing the last vacant lot in downtown,” which could have “become a magnificent urban park accessible to all in the heart of a heat island that is in dire need of it.”
Mr. Larochelle had gathered more than 1,550 signatures on his petition over the summer of 2023, demanding the establishment of a park instead of a central library on the vacant lot adjacent to the Montmorency metro station.
Other Needs
“Even with this large library […], Laval will continue to be a desert in terms of neighborhood libraries,” writes the one who criticizes Mayor Stéphane Boyer for prioritizing “large, costly monuments and pharaonic projects in downtown” at the expense of “local services for the population.”
However, it should be noted that the Laval Library Master Plan 2020-2036 aims to increase the municipal network from 9 to 16 buildings, including the large downtown library expected in 2027, in addition to renovating and expanding some of the 9 existing libraries.
200,000 documents
Still in relation to the $180 million that the future cultural complex will cost once furnished and equipped with about 200,000 documents, Mr. Larochelle questions the priorities of the Boyer administration as the city, he says, must address “an urgent investment deficit of over $600 million for our sanitary sewer, stormwater, aqueduct, and road infrastructures.”
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