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Montreal executive committee approves $5.1M purchase of land for Great Western Park

Some 9.8 hectares of land in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue will be purchased.

Close to 10 hectares in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue will be purchased

The new park will stretch along PierrefondsRoxboro, le Bizard and Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue. At 30 square kilometres, it will be about nine times the size of Central Park in New York City. (Radio-Canada )

Montreal's executive committee has approved the purchase of 9.8 hectares of land in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue for the city's planned Great Western Park.

The land will be purchased in partnership with real-estate developer Grilli for $5.1 million.



The land purchase is the city's first acquisition to create "a unique, great park that will contribute to the quality of life of the population of the Montreal agglomeration," said Montreal Mayor Valrie Plantein a statement.

The 30-square-kilometrepark in Montreal's West Island and le-Bizardwould be about nine times bigger than New York's Central Park. It would connect the existing Anse--l'Orme, Bois-de-L'le-Bizard, Bois-de-la-Roche, Cap-Saint-Jacques and Rapides-du-Cheval-Blanc nature parks.