[p_xavier]

While it's unfortunate that the cost of expropriation has risen, would sitting on 1.2 billion worth of land be an opportunity to build things (or sell to developers who would) and make money off the land Hong Kong style?

I mean, if you buy land and build under it, you still have that land's air rights to sell/rent along with construction staging lands. The value doesn't just disappear.

That's what the STM wants but the city wants to keep the land as social housing, hence why the costs are getting higher for the expropriations.

 

[nephersir7]

Later that same day, Quebec government changes its mind about dropping a station:

Controversy and reversal after talk of dropping station from blue-line metro plans​

Controversy and reversal after talk of dropping station from blue-line metro plans

Public transit advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after an apparent reversal from the Quebec Transport Ministry, which had reportedly considered ditching plans for one station on the blue line metro extension.

montreal.ctvnews.ca

No, they didn't change their mind. The QC govt just said that the City and the STM must find a way to respect the budget. Nothing in their statement to CTV says that dropping a station is now off the table.

 

[NoahB]

Canora Station posted on FB

 

[NoahB]

A guy went close to some of the stations and viaducts. He shows: (among other things)

Point Claire Station

Du Quartier

and some of the trains at Brossard

 

[W. K. Lis]

A guy went close to some of the stations and viaducts. He shows: (among other things)

Point Claire StationView attachment 321427
Du Quartier

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and some of the trains at Brossard

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The colour scheme designer must be from Toronto. Not my choice for the shade of grey, though.

 

[NoahB]

The colour scheme designer must be from Toronto. Not my choice for the shade of grey, though.

Are you referring to the concrete?
I think it is the same shade everywhere.

They seem to be using blueish/greenish glass on the stations and the trains are mostly black and white with some green thrown in on each side.

 

[superelevation]

The colour scheme designer must be from Toronto. Not my choice for the shade of grey, though.

It's way better than Toronto IMO

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Not Montreal, but here's the proposal for the Quebec-Levis tunnel, featuring mysterious underground BRT stations.

REC – Réseau express de la capitale

Le Réseau express de la Capitale (REC) incarne la vision gouvernementale du développement du transport collectif dans la région métropolitaine de Québec. - Une vision pour l'avenir.

www.rec.quebec

Is there a thread for this project and/or Quebec City transit discussion?

 

[Coolstar]

Is there a thread for this project and/or Quebec City transit discussion?

No, but you can create one if you wish.

 

[NoahB]

This thread isnt active enough being only on Montreal. I like how it is a one-stop-shop for Quebec news.

 

[Towered]

They should include mesh nets on those elevated sections to catch the inevitable falling chunks of concrete...

 

[NoahB]

They should include mesh nets on those elevated sections to catch the inevitable falling chunks of concrete...

Nothing some good maintenance and gorilla glue cant fix.

 

[NoahB]

On topic:
The REM testing has reached 90km/h during testing

https://www.facebook.com/REMgrandmtl/posts/1434246293608194

 

[p_xavier]

Big interview with the CEO of the CDPQi in La Presse today. Tidbits : Lachine extension of the REM-B was costed by the government and planned in the province infrastructure projects. Laval and Longueuil extensions to be looked at after the first REM is done as there's a shortage of staff and workers.

Dépassement des coûts du REM | Pas d’aide de Québec

La facture du « REM 1,0 » a bondi depuis le début de la pandémie, mais CDPQ Infra ne demandera pas de nouvelle contribution financière à Québec, a appris La Presse. Et si le projet du REM de l’Est progresse, le grand patron du groupe avertit que les autres prolongements envisagés – à Laval et à...

www.lapresse.ca

 

[NoahB]

Big interview with the CEO of the CDPQi in La Presse today. Tidbits : Lachine extension of the REM-B was costed by the government and planned in the province infrastructure projects. Laval and Longueuil extensions to be looked at after the first REM is done as there's a shortage of staff and workers.

Dépassement des coûts du REM | Pas d’aide de Québec

La facture du « REM 1,0 » a bondi depuis le début de la pandémie, mais CDPQ Infra ne demandera pas de nouvelle contribution financière à Québec, a appris La Presse. Et si le projet du REM de l’Est progresse, le grand patron du groupe avertit que les autres prolongements envisagés – à Laval et à...

www.lapresse.ca

Some tidbits that stood out to me as well:

REM1
The fund 'believes that they will provide a 3.7 ROI to the Quebec gov for the amount they pinched in for the project.

REM East:
They are reviewing REM East's projected ridership up by 'at least' 20 percent. So expected ridership is 159,600 per day or more.
So far the fund is confident of its 10B estimate.
They want to share more about the elevated downtown segment's design around November this year.