Saint-Laurent Selected for its Biodiversity Corridor Among the Five New Projects
Saint-Laurent, June 8, 2022 â The second phase of the Saint-Laurent Biodiversity Corridor has been selected by Ville de MontrÊal to be one of the 5 additional projects of the participatory budget after the first 7 projects that had been chosen in September 2021. This development will be part of the project entitled “Zones nourricières Êcologiques” (“environmental nutrient zones”), which involves 4 other boroughs: Ahuntsic-Cartierville, LaSalle, Outremont and Rivière-des-Prairies – Pointe-aux-Trembles. These 5 new projects will benefit from a $15-million increase in the initial $10-million budget.
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“We are very pleased to have obtained this funding from Ville de MontrÊal’s participatory budget in order to be able to pursue the development of the Saint-Laurent Biodiversity Corridor. Protecting biodiversity is one of our priority and strategic objectives as a sustainable municipal territory. With our partners in the other four boroughs involved in this project, we are also contributing toward reconnecting our residents with nature. Our biodiversity corridorâa real green, blue and social infrastructureâwill make it possible for Saint-Laurent residents to get around and have fun there, while cohabiting with nature, in an urban context that was nevertheless a highly asphalted area to begin with.”
Alan DeSousa, Mayor of Saint-Laurent
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The “Zones nourricières Êcologiques” project consists of setting up compact spaces for the cultivation of trees as well as edible and nectar producing plants, using a permaculture approach that favours indigenous plants.
In Saint-Laurent, this objective will be integrated into the second phase of the biodiversity corridor. This phase will create a green infrastructure by adding greenery to open areas within Parc Philippe-Laheurte (boulevard Cavendish/rue Ernest-Hemingway) as well as the right-of-way and median of boulevard Cavendish. This will provide an ecological linkage supporting pollinators between Parc Marcel-Laurin woodland, the Cavendish – Raymond-Lasnier woodland and Parc Philippe-Laheurte.
The continued development of the biodiversity corridor is one of Saint-Laurent’s priority projects this year as part of its 2022-2025 strategic plan. The primary focus of this plan is to implement the Climate Emergency Plan adopted in November 2021, the third component of which is to protect biodiversity on Saint-Laurent territory. This will be achieved through numerous projects, including the biodiversity corridor.
As it may be recalled, the Saint-Laurent Biodiversity Corridor is a very ambitious project and commitment on the part of Saint-Laurent for more than 20 years. Ultimately, the corridor will cover an area of approximately 450 hectares, passing through industrial, commercial and residential sectors. It will link the existing biodiversity centres in Saint-Laurent, including Parc Marcel-Laurin woodland, Cavendish – Raymond-Lasnier â Beaulac – Poirier woodland, Bois-de-Liesse and Bois-de-Saraguay nature parks and Ruisseau Brook.
It will help to restore their connectivity by means of developments that promote the movement of plant and animal life and, of course, humans as well.
The corridor has already won two national awards for urban design and landscape architecture
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