Save Meadowbrook, extend Metro to West Island, says Montreal planning commission

Montreal's planning and development commission recommends keeping Meadowbrook Golf Course a public green space.

The committee released its report Thursday after holding public hearings in the fall.

One of the groups 53 recommendations is to protectthe entire Meadowbrook golf course area by designating it asgreen space orfor public recreation.

The report states that the Green Space or recreation area designation be assigned to the entire territory of Meadowbrook."

It also says there should be public access to the Meadowbrook area, which straddles both Montreal andthe city of Cte Saint-Luc, from the borough of Lachine.

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A developer, Groupe Pacific, has said it hopes to build more than 1,500 condo units on the half of the property that falls under Lachine's jurisdiction.

The other half of the land is in the city of Cte Saint-Luc, which has rezoned the territory as recreational to prevent condos from being built on its half of thesite.

Extend Metro west

The committee, mandated to examine planning and development all over the island of Montreal, also recommended that the Metros green line be extended to the West Island as far as Dorval.

The report recommends a Metro extension from the Angrignon station serving the boroughs of Lasalle, Lachine, and Dorval with service to Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.

It also calls for a dedicated rail line to the West Island.

Other recommendations include:

• increasing the citys protected green space target of 5.2 per cent to 12 per cent
• having clean vehicles in the taxi industry
• electrifying all modes of transit and installing electric infrastructure and equipment, such as electric terminals
• adopting regulations to promote the building of white and green roofs
• adding bridges between the two shores of the Lachine Canalwest of Monk Boulevard, to promote urban integration of the sector

The 53 recommendations tabled in the report will now be sent to the City of Montreal's executive committee.