Montreal goes for the arteries

"(The agglomeration council) derives revenue from the City of Pointe Claire en masse," said Pointe Claire Mayor Bill McMurchie, adding there is no reason why Montreal should not reinvest some of that money in repairing Sources Boulevard while that is still in their jurisdiction.

In Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Mayor Bill Tierney said he was happy that stretches of Ste. Marie Street running alongside the 40 Highway would be renovated by the City of Montreal. "Those roads aren't used by Ste. Anne residents so why should we have to pay for it?"

Tierney said he was also lobbying for return of arterial roads to Ste. Anne de Bellevue, but only those stretches that are used by Ste. Anne residents.

Salaberry Boulevard in Dollard des Ormeaux is also up for renovation, but the town's mayor Ed Janiszewski was out of town as of press time.

Bill 22, a provincial motion that is supposed to revise power-sharing and jurisdiction agreements between the Montreal agglomeration council and demerged municipalities on a number of issues, including arterial roads, is to be debated at the Quebec National Assembly soon.