Tramway: other changes to come, warns Labeaume | The Capital | News | The sun

Recently, Groupe Dallaire's President and CEO, Michel Dallaire, told the Journal de Quebec that the City wanted to rethink its "hub of exchange" for the bridges sector between the capital and the South Shore. This decision forced him to thank some 70 employees and to postpone until 2021 the beginning of the erection of a 65-story tower, he claimed.

"It's unfortunate for Michel Dallaire, I know," said Mayor Labeaume. "But we are our agenda that is the most important thing. And that has consequences for them. I want to tell him and his investors, because there are several investors in the project, that they know we still want it, we want that project. Except that we will not take the chance to be sure that when we give them a green light we will know exactly, among other things, how we can absorb the arrival of customers from Levis. "

The mayor notes that his administration prefers to better plan its structuring public transit network of $ 3 billion. "It's the biggest project in Quebec for decades."

He adds: "The connection with Levis is very important. All buses arriving from Levis will pass through the interchange. And there was nothing done. […] We'll take our time and we'll do things right. "

Does the elected official believe that the public's confidence in the sound management of the tramway file could be shaken, asked a colleague from Radio-Canada? "You're going to be shaken often because it's a very big project, it's a 7-year project. […] A project of this scale, there are always adjustments. So, sleep in peace, it's going to be ok, there will be more changes, it's the nature of these projects. […] We will survive, it will go well. "Regis Labeaume then offered advice and medication to the journalist to help him get to sleep.

Reassure investors

Regis Labeaume is also reassuring investors who have acquired land on Laurier Boulevard to build buildings. "We are aware of the projects on Laurier Boulevard. And the more there will be and the better, because this entrance to Quebec is so ugly, discouraging, depressing. The whole north side will be built. We hope so. "

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