Montreal's Prince-Arthur Street to get farmers' market

Montreal's storied Prince-Arthur Street East is about to get an old-fashioned farmer's market.

The Plateau-Mont-Royal borough is spending $6,495 on the projectas part of an attemptto revive the struggling pedestrian thoroughfare, which runs from St-Laurent Boulevard to Carr Saint-Louis.

The market will be open every Thursday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. starting on Aug. 13.

Christine Gosselin, theJeanne-Mance district borough councillorforProjet Montral, said it's the first of several changes coming to the street.

The city and the borough have committed to spend $2 million on the street in projects slated to be completedby the end of 2016, in time for Montreal's 375th anniversary.