Independant public consultation - Bellechasse mechanical ventilation station

Public consultation

Public consultation process suspended

Steps have been taken to evaluate the possibility of relocating the project to another site. The public consultation process has been suspended until further notice.

This project will involve building and installing a new mechanical ventilation station (MVS) to ensure proper air flow in the métro network.

Before presenting the project to the City of Montréal and requesting a by-law change, the STM hired an independent commission to lead a public consultation, so that community members would have the chance to express their opinions on this new project. The commission will collect the community’s comments and suggestions to prepare its report.

Information session: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

Period for submitting your input on the project: December 3, 2024 to January 21, 2025 at 5:00 p.m.

Input sessions:

Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 5 at 6:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 10 at 6:00 p.m.

Learn more about Bellechasse mechanical ventilation station.

Information session

An information session was held on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, to present the project to local residents. Those present were able to directly address their questions to the commission and the project team.

Consult the presentation content (French version only).

View the video recording of the information session of November 12, 2024.

Input session (hybride mode)

Three input sessions took place :

Tuesday, December 3, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Access the replay on YouTube.

Thursday, December 5, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Access the replay on YouTube.

Tuesday, December 10, from 6 pm. to 10 p.m.

Access the replay on YouTube.

Share your opinion with the public commission

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The period for submitting written briefs and opinions is now over.

During the written brief and opinions submission period, you were able to give your opinion in 5 ways:

1. Guided survey

By filling out our survey (questions available in French only) on the main topic of the consultation, which is how the Bellechasse MVS will affect local residents during construction and once it’s operational.

I want to see the questions of the guided survey

2. Written statement

By sending your written statement or mail it to the address below :

Consultation publique – PVM Bellechasse
Secrétariat corporatif
800, rue De La Gauchetière Ouest
Rez-de-chaussée, bureau 1170
Montréal (Québec) H5A 1J6

3. Spoken statement to the commission

All appearances before the Commission have been held by appointment, on the evenings of December 3, 5 or 10, 2024.

4. By phone

By calling us. An STM agent was able to compile your statements into a written document and forward it to the commissioners.

5. By pre-recorded video

By recording a short video (no more than 10 minutes) giving us your input. You could include a presentation or written document with your video.

Learn more about the process

Public consultation process suspended

Steps have been taken to evaluate the possibility of relocating the project to another site. The public consultation process has been suspended until further notice.

The commission's report will be made public at a later stage.

The next steps will be communicated as soon as possible to those who took part in the public consultation, and published on this page.

To carry out the Bellechasse MVS replacement project, STM must obtain a by-law from the City of Montréal’s Agglomeration Council to ensure that the project is compliant.

To obtain this by-law, the STM must first hold a public consultation in accordance with its corporate policy entitled Politique de consultation publique – réseau du métro (PC 1.14) (French only).

Once the consultation process has been completed, the independent commission will submit its report.

The STM Board of Directors initiates the consultation process by creating a commission.
The members of the commission — a chair and two commissioners from outside the STM — are chosen by the Board of Directors.
People are invited to take part in the public consultation through various means of communication, such as newspapers, mail‑outs, the website, and posters at the planned worksite.
Citizens are invited to express their opinions in 3 ways:
1. By attending the information session, which includes a project presentation and question period;
2. By attending the input session;
3. By submitting their written, oral or a video input.
The commissioners then submit a report to the STM with their recommendations.

The commission's work ends once the report is submitted. The STM publishes its action plan and the Commission's report on its website, once these documents have been submitted to its Board of Directors.