By the end of 2020, you should be seeing a new and improved Plaza St-Hubert.
The Plante administration unveiled its tweaked version of the makeover plan for the Rosemont-Petite Patrie mall presented by ex-mayor Denis Coderre last year.
The new version includes a narrower (6.6 metres) street, less parking on St. Hubert, more trees and wider, fancier sidewalks.
The new cement-tiled sidewalks with granite borders that will be almost flush with the street will increase the original tab of the project by $6M for a total of $55M.
They're getting rid of the free 15-minute parking spaces on the right side of St. Hubert which will be replaced by more metered parking on surrounding streets. The metered parking on the left side and surrounding parking lots will remain, for a total of 800 spots.
The work will include replacing aging watermains and sewers.
They're cutting down the existing trees and replacing them with over 200 new ones that will be planted on the edge of the sidewalk and next to the trademark awning on both sides of the street.
The steel and glass awning, installed in 1984, is being dismantled to make way for a lighter, brighter one that sits at more of a right angle than a slope. That means pigeons will no longer be able to roost underneath; borough officials said they may move to the new trees or find another home.
The city is offering landlords subsidies for renovations to their storefronts.
Montreal mayor Valérie Plante tried to reassure jittery merchants that they want to avoid repeating roadwork mistakes of the past on arteries such as St. Laurent, St. Denis and Parc Avenue. She said they'll be doing the work in phases and they're also introducing a compensation program later this year.
The work begins this August and should be wrapped up by the end of 2020.