Montréal Mayor Valerie Plante took advantage of the opening of the Montréal Climate Summit to announce three measures that will bring her vision of Pontevedra to Old Montréal and the decarbonization of transport in the metropolis in general.
Mayor Plante plans to make a significant part of Old Montreal vehicle free as early as 2024.
“The time to work with partners, merchants and residents” to “find solutions” and “put in place what needs to be put in place for this to be a success,” Plante said Tuesday morning.
She said that transportation is responsible for 40 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions in Quebec and that the costs of road congestion are estimated at $4 billion in Greater Montréal.
Montréal’s Henri-Bourassa Transformation
The Mayor also intends to transform Henri-Bourassa Boulevard into a “sustainable mobil